*I really like our camera's macro focus setting!
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Showing posts with label In My Backyard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In My Backyard. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Photo #329
It snowed on Southern Vancouver Island today, and I didn't have to work. I went out and took some photos instead. Most have ended up on my Facebook page for my friends to see, but I saved this one for everyone to enjoy...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Photo #323
Weird weather this morning. First it was bright and sunny, then out of nowhere a dark cloud rolled over and pelted Victoria and Saanich with pea-sized hail stones! Here's one that bounced off the rail and landed on my balcony...
For about 15-20 minutes it was coming down pretty hard, but notice it was still very bright out. I believe the phrase for that is "liquid sunshine", or in this case "sunny with ice pellets"...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Photo #315
I took a walk around Swan Lake a couple of days ago and I always pause here at the ancient Willow tree. I like this tree...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Photo #294
Today's a bit of a sad day for me. These guys showed up outside my balcony at 8:30 this morning, and by the time I was out of the shower they had their first victim...
Two hours later, it was all over. My view has been forever changed...
This is what the trees looked like back in July...
So yeah, there goes our privacy. Megan and I knew the city was planning on doing roadwork this year, but we didn't know they'd take out the trees. Apparently the underground utilities need work, so the trees had to go. For me these oaks were one of the things that sold me on our new home. Had we known this was going to happen, I might have thought twice about buying this place. I can only hope that when the work is done they will plant new trees.
If this story seems familiar, the same f'ing thing happened at our old address. See Photo #33. How does that song go? "Paved paradise and put up a parking lot..."
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Photo #286
Snowy night in Saanich...
I really like how the flash reflected off the falling snowflakes.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Photo #258
We've had so much rain lately that the little patch of lawn below my balcony is flooded! It was POURING when I took this photo earlier this afternoon. Look close and you can see the streaking rain drops...
I'm sure glad I don't live on the ground floor!
Brightness and contrast were enhanced before posting.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Photo #255
Another thing I did during yesterday's break in the rain was take a brisk walk around Swan Lake, which is just down the road from my home. The water was as smooth as glass and I really like how my pictures turned out like paintings. This one is my favorite and I didn't do any editing...
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Photo #254
It finally stopped raining long enough today for me to put up our Christmas lights along the balcony rail...
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Photo #217
A nice mid-autumn photo of the Nature Reserve near my home...
Photo taken Oct. 31, 2010
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Photo #206
Right outside my balcony this afternoon. Alfred Hitchcock would love this....
"It's a murder, Marge. A group of crows is called a murder." - Homer Simpson.
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Photo #192
Rainy day in Victoria...
This is a close up picture of my computer monitor showing the radar image from the Environment Canada website. It's a little hard to see, but Victoria is right about where the mouse pointer is. And this is what it looked like outside my balcony this afternoon...
Look close and you can see a few vertical streaks of falling raindrops.
It was a good afternoon to stay inside.
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It was a good afternoon to stay inside.
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Photo # 190
There's no shortage of great photo opportunities this time of year. This is somewhere along the Swan Lake trail near my home...
That's my lovely wife ahead of me on the trail. I told her to keep walking so the shot would look more natural.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Photo #188
This giant Garry Oak tree stands alone at the north end of Swan Lake near my home. Such an awesome tree...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Photo #176
Do not adjust your screens. These are rain drops on the glass panels out on my balcony. The weather kept me home today and I was bored...
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Photo #145
The best thing about working where I'm working this week, is that I walk by the Swan Lake Nature Reserve on my way home. This pretty little area makes me forget that I'm still in Victoria. The freeway to the airport lies just beyond the trees and there's a huge retail development just a few blocks South of where I paused this afternoon to take this photo.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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