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While heading East alongside 3-Valley Lake (central British Columbia) one morning, I got a glimpse of these vibrant trees as I drove by. Gosh they were so beautiful against the calm blue waters, I just had to stop and get a shot. I pulled off onto a side road and prepared my camera and as I was attaching my long lens, I noticed something move in front of me! To my amusement, two black and fuzzy ears were popping up and down above the tall grasses and then I saw a big black muzzle; it was a bear. Oh geez, really! With my camera at the ready, I waited (and waited, and waited….) hoping the bear would show more of himself but he was much too busy eating ....something, and I wasn’t about to find out what! I turned my truck around and found a safer and closer spot to park :-) Although I felt safe from the bear, my vantage point was in a precarious spot. Not only did I have to stand on the shoulder of the (busy) Trans Canada Highway but it was on a corner and a cement barrier skirted the side too. I decided my tripod would put me into the danger zone of traffic so I used the cement barrier as my tripod; it worked and I got the shot I wanted.
I haven't been taking too many photos these days because of all the mosquitos here in the North West (with thanks to a very wet spring and summer). I don't "do" mosquitos very well and doing battle while taking photos is challenging! My brief departure from working out in the field however has given me an opportunity to work on some of my favorite photos from earlier this year; including this one. With my full format camera in hand, I took this photo knowing I'd be cropping it into the panoramic format you see here. I wanted to showcase just a sliver of the forest; using the vertical lines, the variety in textures and these soft and subtle colors to entertain the inquisitive viewer. Mother nature truly created this abstract but it takes a creative and inquisitive eye to see it. :-)
