Photo #357

Victoria's Inner Harbour this morning, as seen from my workplace, with the sun coming up behind me. I added the sepia effect just for fun...

And a bonus photo without the effect...

I couldn't decide which photo I liked more, so you get both.

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Photo #321

I didn't take any new photos today, so you get another one of my old favorites. I took this one a little over a year ago when I last visited my home town of Campbell River, BC. It's from around the Willow Point area looking roughly eastward over Discovery Passage. The southern tip of Quadra Island is on the left and those are the Coastal mountains in the background. Look close and you can see a few cormorants hanging out on a piece of driftwood...

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Photo #293

Harbour Air sea plane moored to the dock at Victoria's Inner Harbour...

Someday I hope I get a chance to go for a flight in one of these.

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Photo # 250

This isn't something I see every day, a ship full of boats...

I look at this big ship and I think of one of those trucks that deliver cars to the dealerships. I like the boat perched right there on that platform near the forward crane. I'll take that one.

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Photo # 230

A great view from somewhere along Dallas Road...

Can you see the gull in flight near the top left corner?

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Photo #216

Canadian Coast Guard ship Provo Wallis in Victoria...

This photo is actually from exactly 2 years ago today. I'm posting it for two reasons. A: There have been a lot of Coast Guard ships visiting Victoria lately, but I haven't taken my camera to work with me to get any photos; and B: I couldn't come up with a better idea for today.

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Photo #197

Cargo ships on their morning commute...

Look close. The second ship is way out there on the horizon. I'm sorry the image is a little grainy. The digital zoom on my camera isn't the greatest and I couldn't fix it in editing.

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Photo #189

Jellyfish just off Ogden Point...

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Photo #186

Norwegian Star, the last cruise ship to visit Victoria for 2010, pulling away from Pier B at Ogden Point this afternoon. Check out the very distinct paint scheme along her hull...

Sailing off into the sunset....

Good bye, and safe journey. I can't wait to see which ships come to visit us next year.

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Photo # 180

A great perspective along the starboard side of the ship. The building I was working on today is the blue high rise in the background....

(Colour and contrast were enhanced.)

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Photo #178

Walking along the Ogden Point breakwater...

I don't know any of the people in this photo.

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Photo #173

A Great Blue Heron patiently fishes from a tangle of kelp at Ogden Point...

I know very little about fishing, but I'm told a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work.

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Photo #172

Mooring lines...

I took this photo this afternoon, along with a lot of other great shots.

This one is my favorite.

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Photo #122

Holland America's MS Oosterdam paying a visit to Victoria, as she does every Saturday this summer. A lot of upgrades have been done to our piers to accomodate such large vessels...

MS Oosterdam facts: Length overall 936 feet; Beam (width) 105.8 feet; Cruising speed up to 24 knots; passenger capacity 1,916; crew 817; launched in 2003 and registered in the Netherlands.

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Photo # 120

A thick blanket of fog rolled over parts of Victoria for a while today and the deep, hypnotic sound of the lighthouse fog horns could be heard echoing in the distance. I loved it.

I didn't have the camera with me today, so I'm bending the rules by posting this photo I took a couple of summers ago. This is the lighthouse at the end of the Ogden Point breakwater. The day I took the photo started out just as foggy as today was, and like today the fog lifted and we ended up with a very nice afternoon.

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Photo #74

Peek-a-boo cruise ship...

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Photo #42

Harbour Pilots returning to home port...

Whenever a large freighter passes through the waters around Southern Vancouver Island, an experienced and certified local Pilot must be brought on board to guide the big ships through some of the tricky narrow channels. This cool little boat races out to meet up with the big ships and pull right up along their sides as they're moving. Then the Pilot will climb up on a little ladder and board the ship. If the big ship is going the other way, the little boat brings the returning Pilot home. This happens many times a day, so this little boat is kept busy!

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