Day 307: Illuminating

I took advantage of the brief respite from the rain and made my way down to Kits Beach to try a photo I'd sized up early on in this project. As ever, that one didn't work - I'll save it for better lighting conditions - but around the corner was a flower bed with a patch of tall ornamental grass, lit from below. The contrast of the white grass heads against the dark night tempted me to try the shot, and after a bit of experimenting, I got one that worked.

Illuminated grass

Day 302: Only a dusting

The recent storm warnings haven't amounted to much snow for Vancouver (though the Fraser Valley has seen more than its fair share). An inch or two fell a couple of days ago and since then the temperature has dropped to something that feels more like winter. Sure, it's not been the -15, -20, -30 C of the Interior but -7 C is cold enough for me. Wandering around on a dull chilly day, I couldn't find much to photograph, but I liked the way the grass was poking through the snow. I traipsed to the top of the knoll outside the Student Union building and managed to find a patch of untrod snow to get this one.

A dusting of snow

Day 177: Green

I've finally got around to thinking about the next colour of the rainbow :-) It all started with listening to the radio this morning, where I heard that today is the 40th birthday of Greenpeace. That got me thinking about how I could get a photo that I could link to this event. I knew that green was the next colour I was due to photograph, but on such a dull day I wasn't immediately sure of how I could get something colourful. It slowly dawned on me that I cycle past the UBC golf course on the way in to work and where better to find saturated greens than on a golf course. (And yes, that pun was intended!)

I reached the corner of Blanca and University Boulevard and pulled over to get my shot. A group of golf brollies was plying one of the holes over to my right, but there was no one on the putting green, and no one on the fairway of the nearest hole. Perfect! I sized up a few shots, took a few more and I have to say I'm very happy with the intensity of the green in the photo below - barely a touch of colour tweaking. And of course, with no golfers in sight, the scene is quite serene. At peace, even.

Green greens at peace