Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
Right on schedule, in early January the sun rises straight out Ganges Harbour—about 122 degrees Southeast. And does so at a very civilized time around 8 a.m. This makes for lots of gawking and traffic congestion (30 cars/hr instead of 10) on Upper Ganges Road.
Standing guard against ominous clouds in Ganges Harbour, Seahorse witnesses the first morning of winter 2015/16
*posts are likely to be intermittent from December 24th to January 3rd; best wishes to the followers of Salt Spring Photos!
Overcast, light showers, grey, fog patches, dark. The shortest day of the year was, as far as I could tell, short on pretty.
And I’m hoping this dull monochrome image portrayed the day well.
Still holding out hope for a glimpse of the rare Christmas full moon…
This is the Booth Canal area during the high ‘winter’ tides.
11:58 a.m. At Catalyst’s Crofton Mill
There’s plenty of ‘off-island’ travel during the pre-holiday season to and from Salt Spring Island. So Salt Springer’s get to spend ample time at BC Ferry terminals taking in the nearby sights. Two ships were loading while I was waiting in line, the Star Kirkenes, registered in Bergen, Norway and the Yunnan, registered in Hong Kong. It’s easy to look these up on the Internet to find out information about the vessels and to track their current locations.
2pm: A pair of Buffleheads swim in and out of the shadows in Trincomali Channel.
(Buffleheads have appeared before on the Salt Spring Photo of the Day website, to find then, type bufflehead in the search box at the bottom of the page)