The rain continues, so today I decided to visit
Goldstream Park, a large forested park about 10 miles (17 kilometers) from Victoria. Here is life that loves the cool damp weather and (I have to admit) it was beautiful. If I hadn't been worried about water damage to my camera I would have stayed longer. I shall certainly return in a few weeks for the famed salmon run, when these splendid fish crowd Goldstream's narrow channels to seek spawning grounds upstream. In the meantime, here's a little sample of life in an old-growth temperate rain forest.
(It's dark in the forest. All the above photos were unusually (for me) long exposures. Here's details for those who are interested in such things: the top photo was 15 seconds at f22, above left was 6 seconds at f32 and above right was 10 seconds at f29.)
The rain continues, so today I decided to visit Goldstream Park, a large forested park about 10 miles (17 kilometers) from Victoria. Here is life that loves the cool damp weather and (I have to admit) it was beautiful. If I hadn't been worried about water damage to my camera I would have stayed longer. I shall certainly return in a few weeks for the famed salmon run, when these splendid fish crowd Goldstream's narrow channels to seek spawning grounds upstream. In the meantime, here's a little sample of life in an old-growth temperate rain forest.
Beautiful pictures this is a great blog very nice!
ReplyDeleteI almost feel like I'm there in the top shot Benjamin.
ReplyDeleteWow. Those shots are amazing. It's like a forest fairyland or something. It reminds me of Lord of the Rings or some fanasy world like that.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful nature in the forest.
ReplyDeleteYou've really captured that old forest atmosphere. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! I've just added you to my favorites.
ReplyDeleteJust went back to reread. Thought it looked like a temperate rain forest. Would love to see that for myself.
ReplyDeletecool shot! i love the grass on all those branches, really nice!
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