untitled
21 July 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 210mm; 1/8000s @ f/7.1
Sunset in the harbour
untitled
21 May 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/10
Crashing the saucer
untitled
21 May 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/5.6
A curtain with enmeshed water droplets
Black-hole fungus (Plectania melastoma)
14 May 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/11
Black-hole fungus (Plectania melastoma)
untitled
30 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 15s @ f/7.1
Leaf skeletons
untitled
30 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 35mm; 1/3s @ f/2.8
untitled
30 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/13
untitled / unidentified
30 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/10
Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)
23 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/5s @ f/7.1
Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)
Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)
23 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/10
Broad-leaved stonecrop showing its vibrant colours and textures
Rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)
16 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/9
Rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia)
Falsebox (Paxistima myrsinites)
16 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/7.1
Falsebox (Paxistima myrsinites)
Snowbank Orange-peel fungus (Caloscypha fulgens)
9 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/7.1
Snowbank Orange-peel fungus (Caloscypha fulgens)
Snowbank Orange-peel fungus (Caloscypha fulgens)
9 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/7.1
Snowbank Orange-peel fungus (Caloscypha fulgens)
(Ciboria rufofusca)
9 April 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mmm; 5s @ f/9
Ciboria rufofusca growing from a Douglas-fir cone
Common Camas (Camassia quamash)
7 April 2024
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/8s @ f/8
Common Camas (Camassia quamash)
untitled
6 April 2024
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/400s @ f/8
Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium)
26 March 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/20s @ f/5.6
Broad-leaved Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium) about to flower
Stalked Hairy Fairy cup (Lachnum virgineum)
26 March 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 4s @ f/11
Stalked Hairy Fairy cup (Lachnum virgineum) on an alder cone
Witch's Fingers
19 March 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/5.6
Witch's Fingers
untitled
12 March 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/125s @ f/5
untitled
5 March 2024
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/3s @ f/16
untitled
20 February 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/5s @ f/18
Storms
20 February 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 35mm; 1/10s @ f/16
Storms
untitled
20 February 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 2s @ f/16
untitled
2 February 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 20mm; 1/2s @ f/6.3
untitled
2 February 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/29
untitled
2 February 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/16
Pithya cupressina
2 February 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/11
Pithya cupressina on red cedar foliage
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini)
23 January 2024
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 300mm; 1/40s @ f/6.3
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini)
untitled
17 January 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 23mm; 1/30s @ f/7.1
untitled
3 January 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 300mm; 1/100s @ f/6.3
untitled
3 January 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 170mm; 1/100s @ f/5.6
untitled
3 January 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 20mm; 1/60s @ f/5.6
untitled
3 January 2024
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 170mm; 1/800s @ f/11
untitled
31 December 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/8
untitled
29 December 2023
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 55mm; 1/20s @ f/11
untitled
6 December 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/3s @ f/18
untitled
29 November 2023
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 35mm; 1/5s @ f/14
Uttu
24 November 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/8s @ f/9
Water planets drift by a vast mossy nebula. Or are they the eyes of some earthen spider?
- Sooke Fine Arts Show 2024
- Metchosin ArtPod 2024: Wonder of Water
- Juror's Choice award
Delicate
8 November 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 10s @ f/18
Delicate, but standing firm regardless. Together.
Ice Cap
27 October 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 35mm; 2s @ f/16
Like an ice cave deep in a glacier: frozen ripples left by the meltwater
Reunited
21 October 2023
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/9
Reunited
untitled
21 October 2023
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1s @ f/11
Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora)
8 September 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/8s @ f/2.8
Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora)
untitled
10 June 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 35mm; 1s @ f/16
Fractal Ecosystems
26 April 2023
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/11
Looking closely reveals a new ecosystem, a scaled-down version with yet another layer beyond. Life scales fractally
untitled
10 March 2023
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 3s @ f/16
Slugs
30 December 2022
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 100mm; 1/2s @ f/11
Slugs
untitled
30 December 2022
near Sooke, BC
Pentax K3; 50mm; 1/80s
A Week Before Christmas
20 December 2022
near Victoria, BC
Pentax K3; 50mm; 1/10s
Solstice celebrations for the dead
untitled
12 July 2022
Arrow Lake, BC
Pentax K3; 200mm; 1/800s
untitled
6 May 2022
near Sooke BC
Pentax K3; 28mm; 1/10s
Sky Season
4 February 2022
near Victoria BC
Pentax K3; 200mm; 1/2500s
Sunlight, clouds, and snow; sculpting awesome terrain
Vibration
14 January 2022
near Victoria BC
Pentax K3; 200mm; 1/40s
The sounds of a misty wetland oscillating through the rushes
Infrastructure for Life
11 May 2021
near Sooke BC
Pentax K3; 28mm; 1/30s
Trees create habitat, if they're left standing
Trees define our ecosystem. More than that, they create it. Though they loom and creak overhead and disrupt our infrastructure when they fall, they protect from fierce winds and drying heat. Trees are the infrastructure for a comfortable forest climate.
- Presented to the Community-Led Crisis Response team (of avi.org) for the MHSU 2024 Community Award
Cozy or Precarious
16 June 2020
near Langford, BC
Pentax K3; 28mm; 1/60s
Trees holding up the mountain; a wall of precarious boulders
Silent Forests
16 June 2020
near Langford, BC
Pentax K3; 28mm; 1/50s
Traveling to the austere coniferous forest
Cottage Gardens
23 August 2008
near Sooke, BC
Nikon D60; 27mm; 1/50s @ f/3.5
The entrance. To what?