Came back from India a bit too early! First a lot of rain and wind (normal), then we get hit with a substantial snow storm and a fair bit of accumulation! Pretty unusual for Victoria. As everyone says, 'just lovely but hope it doesn't last.' It is nice to walk in - as long as the wind isn't trying to knock you down. So, other than daily shovelling, I did get down to the ocean, and then to the park with duck food. Here are a few pics from a cloudy day and a sunny day.
Although I do edit and process the pictures, the bright colours in the park are pretty natural for certain times of day, when the trees have a lot of yellow in their bare branches, and so produce gorgeous yellow and red colour reflections in the water. What is quite difficult is to colour-balance shaded areas (which look
very blue) with the ducks and the sky.
Please click on the pics to embiggen!
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| Down at Ross Bay. |
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| The Ross Bay Big Stump. |
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| Quite a few American Wigeons. |
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| What!?? A person stopping!? Any food?!?! |
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| Looks like there might be food!!!! |
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| Ahhhh.....food! ( I try to always bring duck food to pay them off as modelling fees.) |
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| Making their way through the ice obstacles. |
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| Just floating along through the ice. |
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| Reflections from a gold-branched tree and the sky. |
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| Some neighbors in the park. |
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| NOT from Beacon Hill Park, but rather King's Pond. Put it in just because I like Wood Ducks! |
