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This weekend I went out on a few photography trips to try out some of the features of my new camera. On Friday Asuka and I went to the Lieutenant Governor's House here in Victoria and walked around the garden area. These grounds are often open to the public during daylight hours and occasionally there are tours of the interior as well. It was a nice afternoon and I got a few decent shots of flowers, pathways and other garden related subjects.
Then on Saturday I went with Steve and Dee to the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. The last time I visited this place I was probably 12 years old and on a school field trip. There is a nature house next to the lake with plenty of educational displays about nature and the native animals and plants of the area, which is great for class field trips. What I had forgotten about was all the nice trails and hiking paths in the area. It only takes about 40 minutes to walk around the small lake, although it took us a bit longer because we were stopping to take photos every so often. The trails include wooden walkways into the swampier areas and they even connect up with the Galloping Goose Trail if you want a lengthier hike. It's a beautiful place to see ducks and other birds (when they are around), but almost every direction of landscape looks like dry grassy fields or swampy brown marshes - not the greatest subjects for colourful photos.
Despite the rusty brown, gray and green template of the area I still managed to find an interesting photography theme of layers for many of my photos. Every time I looked through my camera viewfinder I could see horizontal layers. Whether it was green grass followed by brown grass followed by gray trees, or the dark lake water followed by green bushes and then the sky, there were always lines of colours. While the colours aren't the most exciting, the contrast between the layers still made for some interesting photo compositions. At the very least it gave me a theme and a good practice idea for lining up many of my shots.
The following pages contain a mix of my choice photos from both these trips. You'll notice that many of the Swan Lake shots contain layers of colour and texture either horizontally or vertically. But of course there are also other styles of photos, including some of people, inanimate objects, and a close up shot of a small turtle that was about the size of a quarter. I also ran into a group of people taking photos of an eagle's nest at Swan Lake. They had some serious camera lenses going on, so I had to take a picture of that. Apparently they could zoom in and focus solely on the eagle's eye from about 75 feet away! Anyways, enjoy the photos:
Then on Saturday I went with Steve and Dee to the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. The last time I visited this place I was probably 12 years old and on a school field trip. There is a nature house next to the lake with plenty of educational displays about nature and the native animals and plants of the area, which is great for class field trips. What I had forgotten about was all the nice trails and hiking paths in the area. It only takes about 40 minutes to walk around the small lake, although it took us a bit longer because we were stopping to take photos every so often. The trails include wooden walkways into the swampier areas and they even connect up with the Galloping Goose Trail if you want a lengthier hike. It's a beautiful place to see ducks and other birds (when they are around), but almost every direction of landscape looks like dry grassy fields or swampy brown marshes - not the greatest subjects for colourful photos.
Despite the rusty brown, gray and green template of the area I still managed to find an interesting photography theme of layers for many of my photos. Every time I looked through my camera viewfinder I could see horizontal layers. Whether it was green grass followed by brown grass followed by gray trees, or the dark lake water followed by green bushes and then the sky, there were always lines of colours. While the colours aren't the most exciting, the contrast between the layers still made for some interesting photo compositions. At the very least it gave me a theme and a good practice idea for lining up many of my shots.
The following pages contain a mix of my choice photos from both these trips. You'll notice that many of the Swan Lake shots contain layers of colour and texture either horizontally or vertically. But of course there are also other styles of photos, including some of people, inanimate objects, and a close up shot of a small turtle that was about the size of a quarter. I also ran into a group of people taking photos of an eagle's nest at Swan Lake. They had some serious camera lenses going on, so I had to take a picture of that. Apparently they could zoom in and focus solely on the eagle's eye from about 75 feet away! Anyways, enjoy the photos:
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