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amazing cloudsun

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(Guest photographer: Nome) ∙ some ridiculous cool nature which was there for less than half a minute. Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Tamron 60mm f/2.0 macro 60 mm · 1/3200 s · f/14 · ISO 200 While heading up the Island Highway, Nome pointed this amazing explosion of light and shadow out to me. In an effort to both capture this …

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Pacific Forestry Centre

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The Pacific Forestry Centre on a day of Side Sun And Awesome Clouds™. Canon EOS 550D (T2i) · Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 10 mm · 1/1250 s · f/3.5 · ISO 100 The day of the pillow fight, was a weird one, weather-wise. From bright sun to torrential rain, whipping winds and, at one point, hail on the Malahat. However, …

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sun dog

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Hello, hella halo! Erm, again! Canon EOS 450D (XSi) · Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 · 17 mm 1/4000 s, 1/4000 s, 1/4000 s (three-shot bracketed composite) f/22, f/20, f/14 · ISO 200 I’m allowed one gratuitous moon photo. I’m allowed one gratuitous sun photo. =)

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Hello, hella halo!

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A whopping halo surrounds the moon. Yay for sporadic cloud cover! Canon EOS 400D (XTi) · Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 17 mm · 30 s · f/5.6 · ISO 200 And no, this wasn’t taken during the recent lunar eclipse. It was shot about a week beforehand. Despite how it looks, this wasn’t even close to a full moon, either. It …

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rainstick

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One more rainbow, but in a rather different setting. Canon EOS 400D (XTi) · Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 18 mm · 1/160 s · f/8 · ISO 100 Don’t get me wrong. Capturing this most interesting rainbow was great and worth it and all that rot, but the incredibly fast-approaching and pounding torrential squall which immediately preceded it, and caught …

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lookout

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50% right time, 50% right place, 50% right fluke. Canon EOS 400D (XTi) · Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 18 mm · 1/200 s · f/9 · ISO 200 I was traversing the Malahat one rainy Saturday morning when, as I made my way past those huge power lines which would be really fun to zipline across, the sky broke open, …