This is probably the best way to shoot a duck. With a 300mm lens.
St. Mary Lake is often the scene of beautiful reflections. Too bad those nasty microcystins are hanging around right now.
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Nose to the Grindstone
It was nose to the grindstone in the intermediate classroom at Fernwood Elementary School. Meanwhile half the primary kids were absent with an illness (after a school-wide field trip).
Ludicrous Longboarding in the Snow on Saltspring
Hard enough to imagine hurtling down a paved hill at 70 km/hr in the summer. But Riley Richters, a high school student from Vancouver Island (above) and friends were here on Salt Spring on the weekend doing just that. In the winter, through the sand and salt, while the snow was coming down and their helmets were fogging up…
Not satisfied with the scary “Slasher” run on Juniper, they visited several other Salt Spring hills to hone their winter downhill longboard skills. At least I guess that’s what they were doing.
The “Slasher Downhill Longboard Race”, now in it’s 3rd year at Juniper Road, takes place on August 13 and 14.
Salt Spring Village Resort Fire
Came across this aerial shot we did just after the huge Salt Spring Village Resort fire back in 2007. Drove by yesterday and it still seems to look just like this.
Here’s the Times Colonist article from July 10, 2007.
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