Quadra Island lies just across Discovery Passage from Campbell River, British Columbia, and on it is a very special location known as Copper Cliffs. It's actually a famous diving location. But I've never been diving. On board my boat, Snoopy, the brightly coloured cliffs stand out like someone spilled a box of crayons that melted in the sun. The minerals in the rock have … [Read more...] about Humpback Whales at Copper Cliffs
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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
Driftwood Art
The massive accumulation of driftwood at Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island, BC, is fascinating. But even better is all the driftwood art made by campers at the nearby campground. The beachfront campsites all have their own unique art. In one campsite a long time seasonal resident made this gorgeous carving. Please click the images to view larger versions. Our own … [Read more...] about Driftwood Art
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
More from Rebecca Spit
Today's image is from the same location as my earlier posts this week: Rebecca Spit on Quadra Island, British Columbia. Please click the image to view a larger version. The colours were wild for this sunrise. I actually desaturated the colours in this image a bit. In post processing I softened the sky and brought out the details in the rocks. I'm not finished showing … [Read more...] about More from Rebecca Spit