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.
Salt Spring Moonset
A February moon sets into the clouds of an eerie western Salt Spring sky.
Note to photographers:
Because the moon is moving and the clouds are moving even faster, a fairly fast shutter speed is required; in this case 1/125 sec. And a long lens is required; in this case 420mm with an aperture of 4.5 (4.0 max and a bit of sharpness). This shot then required and ISO of 3200. Because I happened upon this scene with only seconds to catch the moon before it slid behind the clouds and mountains, there wasn’t time to think or to get the camera onto a tripod —just elbows on a railing. What would you have done differently?
At Your Feet
Looking down from a little bridge in a Salt Spring forest. That’s the same water the dinosaurs drank; there’s no new water. I’m getting mine from a tap at North Saltspring Waterworks. They’re borrowing it from Mount Maxwell Lake.
Salt Spring Rainbow
An intense rainbow seen during the late afternoon in a northwest sky.
Morning Commute
Five regular commuters travelling east this morning. Under the radar.