Mount Baker Sunrise, Sidney, BC
       
     
Sidney Wharf just before dawn
       
     
Mount Baker at dawn, from Sidney BC
       
     
Sidney waterfront at dawn
       
     
Butchart Gardens, BC
       
     
Butchart Gardens, BC
       
     
Butchart Gardens, BC
       
     
Crab Spider and Bee
       
     
Tornado Weather, near Dodge City, Kansas
       
     
Great Blue Heron
       
     
Morning Calisthenics, Sidney, BC
       
     
Oak Bay, Victoria, BC
       
     
Bison, Badlands, North Dakota
       
     
Wild Horses, Badlands, North Dakota
       
     
Salmon Fishing, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sooke, BC
       
     
Seabirds, Haro Strait, BC
       
     
Ash Shuwayimiyyah, Oman
       
     
Fishing Dhows, Ash Shuwayimiyyah, Oman
       
     
Surf Snail, Oman
       
     
Camel
       
     
Mount Baker Sunrise, Sidney, BC
       
     
Mount Baker Sunrise, Sidney, BC

It took me about four years to get this image. The sun appears behind Mount Baker only twice per year, and other times I was away, or it was cloudy, or I forgot. I’ve had this printed on 36 inch by 18 inch aluminum, and it looks spectacular.

Sidney Wharf just before dawn
       
     
Sidney Wharf just before dawn
Mount Baker at dawn, from Sidney BC
       
     
Mount Baker at dawn, from Sidney BC
Sidney waterfront at dawn
       
     
Sidney waterfront at dawn

This is my favourite kind of photography. Long exposures, several frames, all stitched into one image in Lightroom.

Butchart Gardens, BC
       
     
Butchart Gardens, BC
Butchart Gardens, BC
       
     
Butchart Gardens, BC
Butchart Gardens, BC
       
     
Butchart Gardens, BC
Crab Spider and Bee
       
     
Crab Spider and Bee

If you look closely, you will see a set of white legs holding the bee in place. The crab spider ambushes pollinators, even changing their own colour to blend in with the environment. Note the red strip on the white body - helping it to blend in with the rest of the flowers.

Tornado Weather, near Dodge City, Kansas
       
     
Tornado Weather, near Dodge City, Kansas

Most photographers use Adobe Lightroom to process digital images. In this image, I used Lightroom to convert it to black & white, remove haze caused by water vapour in the air, and to emphasize the existing cloud structure. What you see in this image isn’t what I saw with the naked eye, but it is what was going on in that cloud - which I think is really interesting.

This cloud spawned a tornado about 15 miles from where I took the photograph. No one was hurt by it, and other than some farmland getting beaten up, there was no damage.

Great Blue Heron
       
     
Great Blue Heron
Morning Calisthenics, Sidney, BC
       
     
Morning Calisthenics, Sidney, BC
Oak Bay, Victoria, BC
       
     
Oak Bay, Victoria, BC
Bison, Badlands, North Dakota
       
     
Bison, Badlands, North Dakota
Wild Horses, Badlands, North Dakota
       
     
Wild Horses, Badlands, North Dakota
Salmon Fishing, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sooke, BC
       
     
Salmon Fishing, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sooke, BC
Seabirds, Haro Strait, BC
       
     
Seabirds, Haro Strait, BC
Ash Shuwayimiyyah, Oman
       
     
Ash Shuwayimiyyah, Oman

These fishing boats, called pangas, are found almost everywhere along the coast.

Fishing Dhows, Ash Shuwayimiyyah, Oman
       
     
Fishing Dhows, Ash Shuwayimiyyah, Oman

These dhows are used for fishing offshore.

Surf Snail, Oman
       
     
Surf Snail, Oman

These snails have a huge foot that helps to anchor them to the sand. They are adept at burying themselves quickly. This image was taken at the beach at the village of Ash Shuwayimiyyah.

Camel
       
     
Camel

There are a lot of camels in Oman. They use the roads, so blocked roads are common, and the camel always has the right-of-way.