Posts Tagged ‘fall’
Fall Maple foliage and the Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park
in Vancouver, British Columiba, Canada
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Another one of the photographs I made in October at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I liked the look of this waterfall (enough water, but not too much) along with the fallen leaves and some Fall foliage in the Japanese Maples hanging over the pathway.
More of my photography from Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park can be found in my Garden Photos Gallery.
Tags: acer japonica, british columbia, fall, fall color, fall foliage, japanese maple, maples, parks, path, pathway, queen elizabeth park, trail, vancouver, water, waterfalls
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Fall Maple foliage and the Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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In October I made another trip into Vancouver to photograph Queen Elizabeth Park displaying some Fall foliage. Most of the colour was provided by various Japanese Maples (Acer Japonica) in the gardens there. I will probably return this Spring to photograph the Magnolia trees in bloom, as well as the tulips and other Spring bulbs.
Tags: acer japonica, british columbia, fall, fall color, fall foliage, japanese maple, maples, parks, queen elizabeth park, vancouver
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Fall Colours at Silver Lake
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Silver Lake Provincial Park
Another photograph I made this Fall at Silver Lake Provincial Park near Hope, British Columbia. I was fortunate on both of my trips here last Fall to have a near perfect reflection on the lake – I only wish I’d had even more hours of light to work with all the possibilities!
I posted a panorama made on the same evening in a previous blog post. I also have a gallery in my newly organized image archive dedicated to Silver Lake Provincial Park you may enjoy.
Tags: autumn, fall, fall color, fall colour, fraser valley, hope, lakes, provincial parks, reflections, silver lake, silver lake provincial park, water
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Little Qualicum Falls
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A few weeks ago I made a weekend trip to Vancouver Island in British Columbia Canada. One of the parks on my list to visit was Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park – and it did not disappoint. The main falls (top photo) – officially named Little Qualicum Falls is certainly much more spectacular than the Lower Falls (bottom) but both are nice.
Little Qualicum River
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I had initially thought that the best Fall colours might have already faded on Vancouver Island – at least judging from what I’d been seeing around Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. The colours turned out to be perfect. There wasn’t much in the way of Vine Maple colour, but the Bigleaf Maples (Acer macrophyllum) had great colour – yellow and even some orange. It didn’t look like any of them had turned slightly then gone straight to brown which was common this year in some places.
I was also extremely fortunate with the weather. The entire weekend was forecast for rain, at times heavy. In the three Provincial Parks that I visited there was absolutely no rain. All the plastic bags and camera/lens coverings I had prepared were not necessary. While I’d intended on photographing mostly rivers and waterfalls – great subjects in the rain, I was still happy to not have to deal with the possibility of wet equipment and clothing.
Lower Little Qualicum Falls
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More photos from Vancouver Island coming soon!
Tags: acer macryphyllum, bigleaf maples, fall, fall color, little qualicum falls provincial park, little qualicum river, lower little qualicum falls, maples, nanaimo regional district, provincial parks, rivers, waterfalls
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Mushrooms
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I made this photo in a favourite local park – Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley, British Columbia. There is not much in the way of wide open scenery here, but it is a great place to focus on smaller things such as mushrooms, wildflowers and occasionally birds. If you have read my previous mushroom posts over on Google+ it will come to you as no surprise that I have not identified this species of mushroom.
I would normally shoot something like this with my macro lens, but in this case I was not going to be able to get close to this log at all without destroying a lot of underbrush, so I setup my tripod on the trail and used my 70-200mm lens to “get closer”. I am not against placing items in a scene, but for this particular photo I did not place the Maple leaf – it was already laying there. I do have another version of this photo without the leaf, but I believe the above composition is stronger with the leaf in place.
Tags: british columbia, campbell valley park, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM, fall, fall color, fall colour, maple leaf, moss, mushrooms
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