Some Fall Pics

A neat bamboo water torture thing at Butchart Gardens in the Japanese garden area. Well not really used for water torture, more of a serene relaxing kind of torture.


Some nice flowers we had at our house for a little while.


Some leaves floating in the water at Butchart Gardens.


One of the bridges at Butcharts. Jen actually snapped this one, it was much better than the one I took, so I had to throw it in.


A ladybug on our window sill.


Same little guy.


Tried this at night with a longer exposure and painted in a touch of light with a flashlight.


Tried making a statement about the commercialization of halloween...well that and it was just kinda fun experimenting. Again, my only light source was a flashlight during a long exposure. I shined a little from below for a second and then moved it overhead for a couple more seconds.


Ditto as above, painted in some light with a flashlight.

Alberta Rockies

Banff Springs Fairmont


The great view from our room at the Banff Springs Fairmont.





Such a neat feel to this old hotel. I wish we could have stayed longer to enjoy the hotel more.


The great view from our room at the Chateau Lake Louise Fairmont.








Lake Morraine


Lake Morraine


Athabasca glacier, part of the Columbia Ice Field.




















One of many goats seen along the drive to Lake Minnawonka.

Calgary was a zoo!

Whale of a tail!

Humpbacks breaching on our 2 hour whale watching tour. We got a great show. They did pretty much every display you can witness, breaches, full body breaches, pec fin slapping, tail shots etc.








Splash from the previous shot.








This is Lahaina's little dock area where most of the fishing charters, snorkel tours and whale watching boats leave from.