The black sand beach. With icebergs. Or ... ice cubes as the driver liked to call them! There were some large ones and some small ones, but either way it was the #1 thing on my wish list of things to see and photograph in Iceland. But the first time we stopped at the beach across from Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon, it was ugly outside. Sideways rain and freezing cold, bitter … [Read more...] about Iceland: A Jewel on the Black Sand Beach
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A Predictable Magic
Just another desert sunset I spend my days exploring With my eye on the horizon The spot the where the sun will later set Will a blanket of clouds extinguish the light? Will truant clouds create a pastel veil? Or will the clouds disperse for the sun’s rays to infiltrate? I spend my days exploring Willing the clouds to appear and then break The sun sinks below the … [Read more...] about A Predictable Magic
Ripples in the Sand on Cannon Beach
I've decided to change my approach a little bit here on the blog. Instead of doing longer posts with several photos, I am going to go back to posting one photo per day. Well ... almost every day ... except on the weekends ... okay, I'll just try my best :) So if you are one of the readers who used to enjoy the blog along with your morning coffee, rejoice, I will now have … [Read more...] about Ripples in the Sand on Cannon Beach
Coffee Coloured Sunset
This is my final image from Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island, BC. Really. Well ... for this year's trip anyway. Please click the image to view a larger version. This is a high dynamic range image made by combining 3 exposures in Photomatix. Then I brought the resulting HDR image into Nik Silver Efex Pro where I converted it to black and white and treated it with some … [Read more...] about Coffee Coloured Sunset
Rebecca Spit Driftwood
Rebecca Spit has to be one of the most interesting beaches I have been to and its right here in my backyard! Well ... almost my backyard. It's about a 2 hour drive and a short ferry trip from my backyard which may be why I've only been here once before in my life. In addition to the cool rocks, I have never seen such an accumulation of driftwood. Even on Driftwood Beach … [Read more...] about Rebecca Spit Driftwood