Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
Despite man’s efforts, the beavers at Dunbabin Park have expanded their territory once again. Here they’ve established a new dam, extending the pond well along the creek.
Many trees have been wrapped with chicken wire, but if the pond gets any deeper the chicken wire will be underwater and the beavers will have another shot at some of the trees…
It’s fun to look back through the year for your favourite photos.
To see my favourite photos from 2012,
The lowly pigeon shows a bit of iridescent splendour in Ganges.
Salt Spring roadblock.
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.