Infinity

I mentioned before that much of Victoria's prosperity depends on tourists. Many of them spend a few days here while cruising on a ship such as this, the Celebrity Infinity. It carries about 2,000 passengers. I took this photo this afternoon from Macaulay Point in Esquimalt, a suburb of Victoria, just as this big ship was turning to enter the harbour.

The Lees Benevolent Association Building

This is one of my favorite buildings on Fisgard Street in Victoria's Chinatown. Above is what it looks like to me. Below left is what it photographs like. When I "improve" the perspective of the building however, the man and the cars begin to look squashed as you can see in the side by side comparison below. Which do you prefer? Opinions and explanations gratefully received.

Original

Photoshopped

***For those of you who may be interested in this sort of thing - thanks to Jack's suggestion (see comments) I messed around a little more with this and was able to rectify the squashiness (below). When all's said and done, however, there is a loss of sharpness.

Style

I enjoy the way young people decorate and dress themselves these days. Compared to fifty years ago they have much more freedom and use it, often, to dress with real taste and wit. The young lady in this photo, for instance, is dressed and coifed in a unique fashion that makes her look both attractive and interesting.

Everything Mural

Expert Victorian author Ross Crockford describes this mural as "appalling" and quotes another source who suggests this may "very well be the worst mural in Canada, perhaps even in the world." Please click on it for the LARGE picture in order to enjoy many of its splendid details. I am particularly fond of the mountain lion's expression as he eyes the juicy young violinist.

As our Willits correspondent would say, now that we've discussed the elephant in the room we can move on to more important things.

5 Seedlings Telling a Joke to the Buddha

As well as gravel, you can also buy cement sculptures at the Gravel Mart. They have row on row of these Buddhas, and also the serene God or Goddess below.