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December Sun over Douglas Channel

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The December sun over Kitimat harbour and Douglas Channel, December 10, 2015. (Robin Rowland)

The view of Douglas Channel from a park near my house in Kitimat. A panorama created with Lightroom CS new merge and panoramic feature. The original would be 38 inches wide if printed at full size.

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December 11, 2015 Robin Rowland
Adobe, Kitimat, Lightroom, panorama, Photoblog, Photography, winterBritish Columbia , clouds , Douglas Channel , Kitimat , landscape , mountains , Panorama , sun , winter

Kitimat River and Sand Hill, sunset, February 20, 2014

Kitimat River and Sand Hill, sunset, February 20, 2014

Kitimat Sandhill sunset B&W

The sun sets over the Kitimat River and the snow covered Sand Hill, in Kitimat, BC, February 20, 2014. Converted to black and white using Perfect Effects 8 to emulate Ilford FP4125, with some highlights and shadow enhancement. (Robin Rowland)

Sunset over the Kitimat River

Original image. The sun sets over the Kitimat River and the snow covered Sand Hill, in Kitimat, BC, February 20, 2014. (Robin Rowland)

February 20, 2014 Robin Rowland
black and white, Kitimat, landscape, Photoblog, skyBritish Columbia , clouds , forest , Kitimat , Kitimat River , mountains , river , sand , Sand HIll , snow , sunset

Photos of my ocean view

From my new house in Kitimat, British Columbia, I can see  from my front windows, the Kitimat Arm of the Douglas Channel framed by nearby mountains.

One of the many reasons that I chose to move back to my old home town, to build my new career as independent photographer, was that Kitimat is really a place of ever changing light.  The Pacific winds bring weather up the channel, creating microclimates  on each peak and each beach. Thus one moment you can have heavy overcast, a few minutes later scattered cloud,  followed by sun, followed by black clouds and a torrential downpour.

A couple of days ago, during that major rainstorm that pounded the west coast for days, there was one of those breaks, where the sun suddenly shone through.  So I decided to walk, rather than drive, to the local gym (a photographer hiker has to be in shape) and grabbed a couple of shots from a park a few steps from my house.
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Of course, as I was walking back from the gym, the ocean squall returned full force and I was soaked by the time I got home.
 
But that shot gave me an idea. As I have said in previous blog posts, I always carry my Lumix FZ28 in a fanny pack, so for the past few days,as I walk to or from the gym,  I stopped at the viewpoint and grabbed a few shots,  hand held (against recommendations) and then using Photshop CS5 merged them into large (20 to 40 inch ) panaromas.  Here are the web versions.

199-Douglas-Channel_Panorama2-processed-thumb-475x195-198.jpgThis dark, menacing sky is somewhat misleading. As I came home from the gym, on what had been a beautiful day, the skies darkened with dark clouds.  But it was the opposite of the other day, the clouds blew over and the afternoon sun was soon shining again.

202-Douglas-Channel_Panorama_processed-thumb-475x126-201.jpgThe panorama in afternoon light.

205-Douglaschannel_Panorama7-cropped-thumb-475x82-204.jpgThe panorama in mid-morning light.

208-Douglas-Channel-Panorama6-thumb-475x124-207.jpgDouglas Channel about the same time as the previous photo, on the following day.

(All photos pop as larger versions)

 

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October 1, 2010 Robin Rowland
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