Nature girl's adventures

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Emma Lake Snowshoeing

Jordan and I headed out to snowshoe up to Emma Lake on Saturday Feb 20, 2010. It was a spectacular day with crystal clear skies and warm sunshine. The snowshoe up was a tough climb up a long steep slope, but well worth the sweat! We were rewarded with stunning snow capped mountain vistas, sparkling snow, and amazing light and shadows! Here's some of my favorite pics...

Friday, February 12, 2010

My Once-in-a-lifetime Photo Opportunity!

We saw this guy first thing in the morning and he was just a blur across the steep road we were driving up. I originally thought it was a lynx because we really only got a look at his hind end. Then at the end of the day we were driving back along the mainline and saw something moving off the road and stopped and Mr Bobcat stopped and stared at us for just long enough for me to grab my camera out of the backseat and snap a couple pics through the truck window!

What an amazing experience to see what is normally a very elusive animal, and made my week. I was even happier that the pics turned out okay because I didn't even have time to check my settings or anything. What makes it even crazier was I actually stared at my camera back this morning as I was getting ready, trying to decide if I should bother bringing it! I won't second guess that option again!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

I LOVE my new camera

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

It's all worthwhile!

Ever have one of those days thats makes you take a step back and think that all the crap you put up is worth it to be exactly where you are right now? I left powell river this morning on a chartered water taxi, so there was only my partner and I on board, and it was just the most beautiful spring day (in January). The water was calm, the sun was rising through the fog and clouds and the wildlife was out.

Because we were the only ones on board, we made a couple quick stops- the first to a sea lion colony that I had been to the previous summer and had been really dissappointed with my photos taken with my old camera. Well today's pics put a HUGE smile on my face. We got to within about 10m on a large sea lion that was not giving uo her place on the rock and sat and posed for me for several minutes.

Snow capped mountains were gleaming in the early morning sun, and our next stop was to see the mountain goats on their sunny south facing cliff face. While they were pretty far away, I'm happy to say that you can at least tell that they are goats in my pics!

Alas I forgot my camera cord at home, so you will have to wait until next week for pics, and i will have to wait until then to see them on the full screen, but I am already thrilled with them! I love my new camera!!