Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
It’s December so red and green seems appropriate. Leaves and ferns at our place; before Joanne put things to bed for the winter.
So there you have it—Christmas or the Red and Green Show, whatever you thought of first.
But wait that’s not all, there’s more tomorrow!
Late fall and winter is the best time to hike a mountain trail, especially when the sun breaks through as you approach the summit. This view is about a minute from the top of Mount Erskine on Salt Spring Island.
The Salt Spring Photo of the Day has been to Erskine before. By entering “erskine” in the search box you find six other posts.
Cameron, the wonder Westie and I usually take the slow easy way up and the more direct, but steeper way down.
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starting today this website is on autopilot for a couple of weeks while our family takes a vacation
Watch your step going across this bridge along the Dunbabin Park Rain Forest Trail. It’s ‘slippy’ season.
7:30 a.m. arriving for the second ferry of the day…
It’s November and that weather happens. Even on Salt Spring.
The way this crow seems to be hovering in place reminds me of a Harrier Jump Jet.
An unusual photo I think.
Occasionally someone reminds me to add the camera info as a learning aid. Occasionally I remember. This was a dull, dark and grey day (if anyone needs more dull, dark and grey days just head to BC’s west coast in November). I had on a 300 f/2.8 lens which I set to f/3.5 for a tiny bit more depth of field and sharpness. The 300 at this aperture really helps isolate the main item in the photo. The Canon EOS-1D X has no problem in low light and could track the movement of the bird without difficulty. Five frames were shot in half a second (I thought the crow was coming in for a landing). The shutter speed was kept high to freeze the motion of the bird in flight. A small amount of cropping (of the float top right) helps showcase the crow.