Experimentation

We decided to go for some stargazing with our telescope on Saturday night, but were partly thwarted by horrendous traffic at 11 pm on the Lions Gate Bridge, so we ended up at Stanley Park instead of Cypress Mountain. Nevertheless, the telescope was set up and we observed Jupiter and three of its moons. I also snapped (if that is the right word for a 30 s exposure...) a shot of the Big Dipper, but it came out a little blurry.



So maybe the long-exposure thing is becoming a bit of an obsession at the moment - here's a ghost car.



We also decided to go for a walk on Sunday evening and let the flip of a coin guide us. After initially flipping four heads in a row ("head right!"), the coin took us to some interesting places in our neighbourhood. It made for an interesting walk, since without a destination, you tend to look around more and notice things that you have walked past many times before obliviously. One piece of interest was this abandoned door in a laneway.

Beaches, Islands and Long Shots

I'm going to start with my 30 second exposure experiments. The first one was of the western horizon with some threatening clouds a couple of hours after sundown. The second is looking southeast and I was lucky enough to capture a bolt of lightning.



If you look closely on the large size, there are some stars visible as well.



The bridge over Deception Pass is an incredible feat of engineering. I had some serious vertigo walking out onto it. This is a view from North Beach in Deception Pass State Park.



Some derelict industrial architecture on the Bellingham foreshore.



And finally a different take on a harbour view.

A lazy Sunday

A few snaps from Cambie Street and Heather Park.


Life on Cambie Street on a Sunday summer afternoon.


Cappuccino on a sunny afternoon.


This was best one - the dandelion seeds were quite stubborn and were quite hard to get airborne.

Canada Day, eh?

Wednesday was Canada Day.


In Steveston, as in many towns and cities across Canada, there was a parade.


This little girl was part of the Oxfam contingent, and was handing out pamphlets to the onlookers.


The day was stunning, as was this view with the North Shore mountains in the background.


These yellow flowers were growing all around the Steveston foreshore.