A crop can make all the difference. Same photo as yesterday, but a different, more focused perspective. Which do you like better? #waterfallwednesday #photography @bluesky.photography

Light and shadow - Yin and Yang. I try to present photos as true to the scene experienced. The intense sun and shadow in this canyon demanded something a little different. #photography @bluesky.photography

Scarpa sure makes a well rounded hiking boot 😂 I went looking for some spring skiing early this morning but have up after getting frustrated hiking for so long and gave up. I ended getting a couple of pretty awesome waterfall photos In really pleased with, and any time outside is not wasted!

Happy Earth Day, everyone!

What a sunrise this morning! The clouds had such a soft layered texture to them. That made up for my tent pole failing - fortunately the bandaid held overnight! #photography

Garibaldi Provincial Park, January 29, 2023 B Side photos: Either forgotten in the queue or some technical issue of exposure or composition #photography

Mt. St. Helens, February 11, 2023 B Side photos: Either forgotten in the queue or some technical issue of exposure or composition #photography

The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island!

Mt St. Helens, February 11, 2023 I can’t help but think of the ocean. B Side photos: Either forgotten in the queue or some technical issue of exposure or composition #photography

Boya Lake, September 26, 2022 B Side photos: Either forgotten in the queue or some technical issue of exposure or composition #photography

Buntzen Lake. April 7 2023. B Side photos. #photography

Boya Lake. September 26, 2022. B Side photos #photography

Howe Sound, British Columbia Walter J. Phillips 1935

Cold, but hanging out with the dogs in the backyard taking in the scents and sounds. I have a 600mm lense but it’s nowhere as sharp as my 400 - this was shot handheld with my 400 and cropped on my phone just now.

Mountain Forms Lawren Harris 1926

Everything could be so nice here on planet Earth if it wasn’t for a handful of greedy racist old men.

A view of the night sky from Mars. (Yes, really)

It stormed heavily overnight! I really like this XDome tent. I still have my Scarp 1, and it’s a better tent for severe weather, but I’ve literally outgrown it with my training and some of the extra gear I take with me now. I’ll probably look into the Arcdome in the near future for winter.

Date night with Shiba #1. The weather was looking “good” for the weekend and she seemed to be interested in camping so I brought her along. Not a lot of photography when she comes, but that’s ok - the trip is about her.

Thousands of Canadians have told Ottawa to act on nature. We need thousands more. Canada's $2.3B nature fund expires this month. We're asking the government to renew it — and invest in ecosystems for the long term. Be one of the thousands 👇 wwf.ca/nature-cant-wait

Gave my website a quick and light refresh! feelslike.life

Dismayed about lack of action for #oldgrowth #forests, all five members of BC's 2021 Advisory Panel sent a letter to Premier Eby warning his BC NDP gov: "Purposely causing extinction is not just a moral failure but also a high economic, ecological and social risk." #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

March Thaw, Morin Heights Edwin Holgate c. 1940

This made me spill my coffee!

A waste disposal facility for the oil and gas industry opened in Rolla, B.C. in 2010. For years, some neighbours say their homes have been hit with foul odours — and they still can't find out what's causing them. thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-... #bcpoli

Getting a cold snap so maybe some ice climbing next weekend! 4 month Shiba(#2) was enamoured with the snow. Shiba(#1) was enamoured with her breakfast.

Listening to the birds singing before the sunrise makes me smile. They have no concern for human constructs like daylight savings.

Using a new computer to print another batch of my Raven cards. Testing the colour print profiles - a little too much blue in the grey! I love watching Ravens in the local mountains, this one was at Cypress a few years ago. Highly intelligent, large, and always a little mystery about them.

Some more photos from ice climbing in mid February. On a good day, ice climbing is beautiful and intimate, tranquility of frozen waterfalls, you can see and feel all the details in the ice.

Switzerland Just Lost 3% of Its Glacier Ice in a Year As the Alps Heat Up Switzerland’s glaciers are disappearing faster than ever — and the Alps may never look the same.

Our many aging cherry trees, originally a gesture of friendship by pre-war Japan, blossomed last week. Lovely, but: global warming.

A few more photos from the ice festival - next day doing “dry tooling” where ice tools like crampons and ice axes on rock to climb. The points of the tools make contact with the tiniest of holds in the rock and usually there’s a lot of tension through your body to hold it. Very challenging!

At midnight, the ice wall we were climbing collapsed. Temperature in the day was 5c. Dropped to around -8 at night. The area was too risky to continue climbing. The debris would have been catastrophic if it happened during the day.

I’m out at the Lillooet Ice Festival - this has been an extremely warm winter but we have a pocket of ice - though we need to be gentle with it to keep it intact. Really interesting to hear how climate change has impacted/changed cycles of snow & freezes. Here’s a climber from yesterday.

#cdnpoli #ClimateChange #ClimateSky #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I just saw a bear in my neighborhood. They should be hibernating. Spring like winter is screwing everything up. The bear will try and fail at foraging for food, and come into conflict with humans, either directly or into people’s garbage. No good outcome for it.

It is pretty heartbreaking to see the local mountains so barren of snow. I think this is the warmest winter on record. This is likely the new norm, with “good snow” days becoming an anomaly. This will lead to drier mountains in the summer, fire risk, right outside the city.

Forever & Ever Nicki Ault 2023

Garibaldi Lake at winters dawn, with the Black Tusk in the background. #photography @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art #vancouver

Tusk Elyse Dodge n.d.

I’m attending an ice climbing festival in 2 weeks. There’s a high risk there will be no ice in a very reliable area. This may be the first year it happened. The evidence is there that climate change is happening, now, and you can see it with your own eyes if you’re willing to look.

Not an ideal spot to camp last weekend, but I ran out of light and didn’t feel comfortable navigating the rest of my trip on unknown terrain in the dark. I pitched my trusty @tarptent.bsky.social scarp1 near the trees to stop (maybe) sliding over the edge on the sloped ice overnight. Great sunrise!

A rare blue sky over Black Tusk last weekend in Garibaldi Provincial Park. #photography @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art #vancouver

After a brutal 15km up some very steep icy mountains, the sun went down before I reached where I was expecting to arrive. However, the sunset (and sunrise) were incredible and makes it worth it.

Hockey at Garibaldi Lake. It’s been an unusually (or perhaps it is usual now) warm winter, and Garibaldi Lake is not covered in snow. A perfect opportunity for Canadians to play hockey! They hiked in 9km with their sticks and skates. #photography @bsky.art

@timmaughan.bsky.social Happy belated. Still have my copy of Paintwork!

This is a commissioned painting that was recently delivered to its new owner in Ontario. Do you recognize the location? 'The Tree' 24x36 acrylic on canvas

Black Tusk at Dawn. There is a delightful amount of snow in the alpine so early in the season, I just had to get out and enjoy it! #photography #landscapephotography @photos.bsky.art

Paige and Steph were invited by Lil'wat and N'Quatqua to see why the temporary park closure matters, not only to the First Nations but to the park itself. A beautiful story to read & witness on the last day of the fall closure.

The fact that we are so late in the game that we are engineering artificial glaciers should scare the hell out of everyone.