Well, the challenge here was to see if I could get Captain Cook and the Empress Hotel in the same shot. Captain Cook's statue is directl...

Stefan Jansson suggested in a comment on yesterday's post that a good experiment would be to shoot a panorama using a standard lens and...

Here is the third Rattenbury-designed building that frames Victoria's Inner Harbour, the Fairmont Empress Hotel. Like the Legislative As...

These two look like they have found a very nice way to enjoy the harbour haven't they? - Fern

Here's another in the Hands of Time sculpture series by Crystal Przybille, this one entitled "Raising a Teacup". It is install...

Not only does the sun set earlier these days but it seems to set faster so there is less twilight. Darkness falls very quickly. Today's ...

Here is a Victoria resident who is very special for a several reasons. First, he's got what is arguably the classiest address in the...

On almost any afternoon in July and August this scene would have a thousand people in it, strolling, eating and drinking, taking pictures, b...

On the corner of Humboldt and Government Streets is this fanciful bit of topiary art, an Orca (Killer Whale) and her calf shaped in plants. ...

Victoria, like its namesake, is a very civilized, genteel city but it is situated on the edge of the vast forests of the Pacific Northwest a...

Here is what is probably Victoria's most photographed view, not surprisingly since it is an attractive vista. The three most prominent b...

It recently occurred to me that though I have often included the Fairmont Empress Hotel in the background to shots of the Inner Harbour, I ...

The title of this post is in French because it sounds better than "two lovely old ladies." The two are The Fairmont Empress Hotel ...