End of the Perfect Day

Enjoying a September sunset along the shores of Grundy Lake, ON.

Fly By

My dad was up for a quick visit, he hasn't really been up my way for long enough to see some of the sights we have to offer. It's unfortunate that he couldn't make it up before the fire ripped through this area, but we still made the best of it. I showed him a few places, we drove around to all my favourite spots to visit, most destroyed by the fire, but some untouched. We drove to the chasm, which was always a favourite spot of mine, and that's when this Pileated Woodpecker flew out from the trees, in front of my car and into the trees on the other side of the road. Clinton BC

Snacktime

After work, I decided to not go straight home, but to see if anything was around to photograph. That's when I saw some cubs in an apple tree. I spent a little time with them, parked at a safe distance and never leaving my vehicle. I stayed as quiet as I could, so I could watch them be themselves, which was very entertaining! The branches would move, and I could hear growling in the top, as another cub moved in too close to where another was eating, siblings! This one decided to climb back down the tree with a mouthful and eat the apple out of reach of its sibling. In a matter of seconds, as this cub climbed down the tree, it looked across the road and made eye contact with me. I noticed that this young cub has an eye injury, but it doesn't seem to be affecting it, sure looks sore though. Clinton BC

Early Morning on Grundy Lake, ON

Vision

I headed down to my favourite tree in the spring before I went to work. Still in full bloom and as pretty as can be. I waited around to see if any birds were going to land in the tree, wasn't seeing much at first. I heard a Western Tanager and then a return call and suddenly, there was not one, but two Tanagers in the tree. I quickly found both of them and was able to get a few photos, but I was running out of time for when I had to drive to go to work. It makes it much for special of a moment, this tree doesn't stay in bloom for long and it's not everyday that birds fill your vision. Clinton BC

Dewy

It was getting cooler and that brought on some thick fog in the morning. I brought my macro lens with me while I was walking our dogs, not really knowing what I would come across. There were quite a few ladybugs resting on blades of grass, covered in water drops from the fog. I just loved how this one was with the blades of grass also with the water droplets on them. I had to keep my camera as steady as I could in order to get clear shots and to get my camera closer, I had to switch to manual focus, which proved to be a challenge. Clinton BC

Just Gonna Get Some Shut Eye

My husband and I decided to do a quick day trip up north island, just for something different to do and explore. We first went to Port McNeill, walked around and had lunch. Unsure of where we wanted to go next, we were thinking of where else to drive to. I really wanted to be able to see a sea otter, so did a quick search on my phone and saw that Port Alice was known as the "Sea Otter Capital of Canada", and it wasn't far away, so we got back in my car and started driving. Once we got to Port Alice, we saw there was a sea walk, so we decided to walk along it. About half way, he said there was a sea otter swimming close to shore, I was in disbelief, that I said it wasn't a sea otter. He kept trying to tell me it was and to get my camera out of my backpack. It took a little convincing that it wasn't just a seal, that it was in fact, a sea otter. I unpacked my camera as fast as I could and took some photos from the sea walk, which was above the beach, but still a good vantage point. I was so happy to finally have the opportunity to photograph a sea otter, and this one even had a very large clam! It was perfect timing, because after it dove and grabbed the clam, it paddled off into the distance where we couldn't see it anymore just moments after we first saw it.

Happy

My husband and I decided to do a quick day trip up north island, just for something different to do and explore. We first went to Port McNeill, walked around and had lunch. Unsure of where we wanted to go next, we were thinking of where else to drive to. I really wanted to be able to see a sea otter, so did a quick search on my phone and saw that Port Alice was known as the "Sea Otter Capital of Canada", and it wasn't far away, so we got back in my car and started driving. Once we got to Port Alice, we saw there was a sea walk, so we decided to walk along it. About half way, he said there was a sea otter swimming close to shore, I was in disbelief, that I said it wasn't a sea otter. He kept trying to tell me it was and to get my camera out of my backpack. It took a little convincing that it wasn't just a seal, that it was in fact, a sea otter. I unpacked my camera as fast as I could and took some photos from the sea walk, which was above the beach, but still a good vantage point. I was so happy to finally have the opportunity to photograph a sea otter, and this one even had a very large clam! It was perfect timing, because after it dove and grabbed the clam, it paddled off into the distance where we couldn't see it anymore just moments after we first saw it.

Into the Forest

My husband and I were visiting my family on Vancouver island and my brother took us out on a logging road to look for some chanterelle mushrooms. Once we had picked some, we took a road he hasn't driven on yet, and that's when we saw an owl swoop down in front of us. It was raining on and off, and quite dark in the forest, but I managed to sneak a few photos of the owl as it sat in one of the trees beside us in the truck.

Rising Through the Burn

As we were up at our cabin, the moon was rising behind the burnt trees from the recent forest fire that ripped through here this summer. I saw it as an opportunity to photograph the moon with the burnt trees, trying to still find the beauty in all the devastation. Clinton BC

Rising Moon

As we were up at our cabin, the moon was rising behind the burnt trees from the recent forest fire that ripped through here this summer. I saw it as an opportunity to photograph the moon with the burnt trees, trying to still find the beauty in all the devastation. Clinton BC

Telegraph Cove

My husband and I decided to do a day trip north island, we don't travel that way too often. We went to Port McNeill, Port Alice and then to Telegraph Cove. Telegraph Cove was such a neat place! The houses along the boardwalk all had little write-ups about them and what they were used for. There was even write-ups on random things as well, like a tree with an oar stuck in it and how it came about and why the oar was broken off. It was such an interesting place to visit, so much history to learn about, definitely could have spent some more time there taking it all in.

Curious

I always look at the rose bushes in my brother's garden, I can sometimes find jumping spiders on one of them. It wasn't long after we got to his place and I quickly looked around, and I came face to face with one! I grabbed my macro lens and started snapping photos of this adorable little one. I really wanted to get a size comparison with this spider and the thorns on the rose bush, but it was playing shy with me. It got curious enough with me, that it actually did look around right behind a thorn, what luck! Courtenay BC

Tiny Jumper

I always look at the rose bushes in my brother's garden, I can sometimes find jumping spiders on one of them. It wasn't long after we got to his place and I quickly looked around, and I came face to face with one! I grabbed my macro lens and started snapping photos of this adorable little one. Courtenay BC

Little Bokeh

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Courtenay, BC

Flashy

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Their feathers are so tiny, but they have so much detail to them, how amazing would it be to find one of their tiny feathers?! Courtenay, BC

Anna's Portrait

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Courtenay, BC

Tiny But Mighty

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Courtenay, BC

Pose

After work, I came across the bear family and it looks like they were headed up into a large tree for a nap in the warm afternoon sun. This cub looked back at me before it climbed the tree to join the others. Clinton BC

That One Looks Good

I was driving along and saw movement in an apple tree. I pulled over and saw some bear cubs high up in the tree, mostly hidden behind all the branches. Once in a while, they would appear just long enough to get a couple of photos. I was so happy with this one, it looked like the cub was really focused on what apple to eat next. Clinton BC

End of the Perfect Day

Enjoying a September sunset along the shores of Grundy Lake, ON.

Fly By

My dad was up for a quick visit, he hasn't really been up my way for long enough to see some of the sights we have to offer. It's unfortunate that he couldn't make it up before the fire ripped through this area, but we still made the best of it. I showed him a few places, we drove around to all my favourite spots to visit, most destroyed by the fire, but some untouched. We drove to the chasm, which was always a favourite spot of mine, and that's when this Pileated Woodpecker flew out from the trees, in front of my car and into the trees on the other side of the road. Clinton BC

Snacktime

After work, I decided to not go straight home, but to see if anything was around to photograph. That's when I saw some cubs in an apple tree. I spent a little time with them, parked at a safe distance and never leaving my vehicle. I stayed as quiet as I could, so I could watch them be themselves, which was very entertaining! The branches would move, and I could hear growling in the top, as another cub moved in too close to where another was eating, siblings! This one decided to climb back down the tree with a mouthful and eat the apple out of reach of its sibling. In a matter of seconds, as this cub climbed down the tree, it looked across the road and made eye contact with me. I noticed that this young cub has an eye injury, but it doesn't seem to be affecting it, sure looks sore though. Clinton BC

Early Morning on Grundy Lake, ON

Vision

I headed down to my favourite tree in the spring before I went to work. Still in full bloom and as pretty as can be. I waited around to see if any birds were going to land in the tree, wasn't seeing much at first. I heard a Western Tanager and then a return call and suddenly, there was not one, but two Tanagers in the tree. I quickly found both of them and was able to get a few photos, but I was running out of time for when I had to drive to go to work. It makes it much for special of a moment, this tree doesn't stay in bloom for long and it's not everyday that birds fill your vision. Clinton BC

Dewy

It was getting cooler and that brought on some thick fog in the morning. I brought my macro lens with me while I was walking our dogs, not really knowing what I would come across. There were quite a few ladybugs resting on blades of grass, covered in water drops from the fog. I just loved how this one was with the blades of grass also with the water droplets on them. I had to keep my camera as steady as I could in order to get clear shots and to get my camera closer, I had to switch to manual focus, which proved to be a challenge. Clinton BC

Just Gonna Get Some Shut Eye

My husband and I decided to do a quick day trip up north island, just for something different to do and explore. We first went to Port McNeill, walked around and had lunch. Unsure of where we wanted to go next, we were thinking of where else to drive to. I really wanted to be able to see a sea otter, so did a quick search on my phone and saw that Port Alice was known as the "Sea Otter Capital of Canada", and it wasn't far away, so we got back in my car and started driving. Once we got to Port Alice, we saw there was a sea walk, so we decided to walk along it. About half way, he said there was a sea otter swimming close to shore, I was in disbelief, that I said it wasn't a sea otter. He kept trying to tell me it was and to get my camera out of my backpack. It took a little convincing that it wasn't just a seal, that it was in fact, a sea otter. I unpacked my camera as fast as I could and took some photos from the sea walk, which was above the beach, but still a good vantage point. I was so happy to finally have the opportunity to photograph a sea otter, and this one even had a very large clam! It was perfect timing, because after it dove and grabbed the clam, it paddled off into the distance where we couldn't see it anymore just moments after we first saw it.

Happy

My husband and I decided to do a quick day trip up north island, just for something different to do and explore. We first went to Port McNeill, walked around and had lunch. Unsure of where we wanted to go next, we were thinking of where else to drive to. I really wanted to be able to see a sea otter, so did a quick search on my phone and saw that Port Alice was known as the "Sea Otter Capital of Canada", and it wasn't far away, so we got back in my car and started driving. Once we got to Port Alice, we saw there was a sea walk, so we decided to walk along it. About half way, he said there was a sea otter swimming close to shore, I was in disbelief, that I said it wasn't a sea otter. He kept trying to tell me it was and to get my camera out of my backpack. It took a little convincing that it wasn't just a seal, that it was in fact, a sea otter. I unpacked my camera as fast as I could and took some photos from the sea walk, which was above the beach, but still a good vantage point. I was so happy to finally have the opportunity to photograph a sea otter, and this one even had a very large clam! It was perfect timing, because after it dove and grabbed the clam, it paddled off into the distance where we couldn't see it anymore just moments after we first saw it.

Into the Forest

My husband and I were visiting my family on Vancouver island and my brother took us out on a logging road to look for some chanterelle mushrooms. Once we had picked some, we took a road he hasn't driven on yet, and that's when we saw an owl swoop down in front of us. It was raining on and off, and quite dark in the forest, but I managed to sneak a few photos of the owl as it sat in one of the trees beside us in the truck.

Rising Through the Burn

As we were up at our cabin, the moon was rising behind the burnt trees from the recent forest fire that ripped through here this summer. I saw it as an opportunity to photograph the moon with the burnt trees, trying to still find the beauty in all the devastation. Clinton BC

Rising Moon

As we were up at our cabin, the moon was rising behind the burnt trees from the recent forest fire that ripped through here this summer. I saw it as an opportunity to photograph the moon with the burnt trees, trying to still find the beauty in all the devastation. Clinton BC

Telegraph Cove

My husband and I decided to do a day trip north island, we don't travel that way too often. We went to Port McNeill, Port Alice and then to Telegraph Cove. Telegraph Cove was such a neat place! The houses along the boardwalk all had little write-ups about them and what they were used for. There was even write-ups on random things as well, like a tree with an oar stuck in it and how it came about and why the oar was broken off. It was such an interesting place to visit, so much history to learn about, definitely could have spent some more time there taking it all in.

Curious

I always look at the rose bushes in my brother's garden, I can sometimes find jumping spiders on one of them. It wasn't long after we got to his place and I quickly looked around, and I came face to face with one! I grabbed my macro lens and started snapping photos of this adorable little one. I really wanted to get a size comparison with this spider and the thorns on the rose bush, but it was playing shy with me. It got curious enough with me, that it actually did look around right behind a thorn, what luck! Courtenay BC

Tiny Jumper

I always look at the rose bushes in my brother's garden, I can sometimes find jumping spiders on one of them. It wasn't long after we got to his place and I quickly looked around, and I came face to face with one! I grabbed my macro lens and started snapping photos of this adorable little one. Courtenay BC

Little Bokeh

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Courtenay, BC

Flashy

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Their feathers are so tiny, but they have so much detail to them, how amazing would it be to find one of their tiny feathers?! Courtenay, BC

Anna's Portrait

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Courtenay, BC

Tiny But Mighty

As I was visiting family, I always take the time to photograph the hummingbirds. This juvenile was sure making his presence known in the area. He was constantly singing his little heart out and guard the garden below. Once in a while, he stood still long enough for me to get some photos of him, I just couldn't get enough! Courtenay, BC

Pose

After work, I came across the bear family and it looks like they were headed up into a large tree for a nap in the warm afternoon sun. This cub looked back at me before it climbed the tree to join the others. Clinton BC

That One Looks Good

I was driving along and saw movement in an apple tree. I pulled over and saw some bear cubs high up in the tree, mostly hidden behind all the branches. Once in a while, they would appear just long enough to get a couple of photos. I was so happy with this one, it looked like the cub was really focused on what apple to eat next. Clinton BC