Here, are some more shots from the last little while. Some had been meant to have posts of their own but too much time has passed. Once again, the iceberg theme is dominant.
First of all, here is a rather stripy photo of a late evening fall sky.
More photos below the fold…
Here is a photo of a friend and his son. This was meant to be part of a separate post on a mini fish derby that the Co-op held on a gorgeous day the first week in August. Not the crispest photo, I just think its nice.
Here are a couple of sunset photos of a foggy Admiralty Inlet beyond Victor Bay.
The Victor Bay iceberg with some evening fog. This is a really large iceberg, but the photos don't really convey that. I got a much better sense of it on my hike on Friday. It is easily twice the height of the 'berg that was stuck in Arctic Bay this past winter.
The moon over King George and the fog pouring over the hills. I rather like this photo.
Sigh. An inuksuk series. I rather feel that as an iconic symbol they are over done, but there is a reason behind this, that revolves around giving people what they want. I've also said that I believe the majority of inuksuit these days aren't authentic, and this is a good example. I built this one, about two weeks ago, specifically for the photo opportunity. If you could see me right now you'd notice I was looking down sheepishly at my feet.
Another gorgeous evening sky.
This iceberg that has made its way into Admiralty Inlet is massive. I'm estimating its height above water at at least 200 feet. This shot was taken from Uluksan, when it was a little farther out.
Another shot from the same time, if you look over at the left side of the photo you'll see a boat in the water.
This shot might give you an idea of how large this iceberg is. Distance and size are difficult to judge up here. On clear days you can see a very long way, and there are no frames of reference (such as trees) to give our minds something to grasp. With photos, it is further complicated by the exaggerations caused by wide angle or telephoto lenses. But in this shot I estimate that the iceberg is about the same distance away from me as the dark fissure in the cliff face (which is about six kms from the Uluksan. It is certainly no closer than that fissure. Those cl
iffs are about six hundred feet high, which is a reference you can use to compare the iceberg's height to.
Back to raven photos. Someone had recently dug up a food cache near the road so it was relatively easy to get decent photos using the truck as a hide.
One of the things we've been doing quite a lot lately, usually after berry picking, is catching Char fingerlings at the water lake. These tiny little streams have fingerlings swimming up them, and we use a small dip net to try and catch them. Then they are returned to the water before we go. It has been great fun, relished by all of us, but especially by Travis.
These last photos are all from Berry picking this past Sunday. The season for picking berries is almost at an end, as the berries are getting soft. We were at a spot that was loaded with berries, the plants of which are now cloaked in their Fall colours.
I love the seed heads of Arctic Dryads. They are especially beautiful when backlit and they seemingly light up the tundra.
A couple more shots of the Adam's Sound iceberg. Because I can.
And lastly, I think that this iceberg is even more massive than the one in Adam's Sound. This 'berg is a long way off, out past Victor Bay in Admiralty Inlet. Even that far off it appears huge with the naked eye. It is probably some 15 to 20 kms away from where I took the photo, which is uncropped.
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Kia ora Clare,
Great series of photos, love to see the kids amongst it all. This one above with the layers is spectacular.
Cheers,
Robb
Love the colours and graduated values of the first photo. Also the moon and fog photo.
I’m ambivalent about inuksuks, but Dan despises them (except the genuine ones). If he comes across an artificial one that someone’s built out in the middle of a nature trail, or an artificial balanced-rock-pile of any sort, he almost invariably kicks it down.
Wonderful photos. The iceberg shots are amazing. Your inuksuk may be artificial but it’s beautiful and your photos are lovely. I’ve never seen an inuksuk until your blog so it’s hard for me to feel they are overdone . . . to me, they are unique to you! 🙂 We occasionally see cairns as we hike in California but even those are few and far between. I rather enjoy the desire to leave a non-permanent mark on one’s environment. Certainly better than taking a pocket knife to Aspen trees or spray painting the sides of buildings. 🙂
This is true, Liza Lee! I’d much rather see a stone pile than a carved-up tree. I agree that the inuksuk are beautiful in their home setting. I think Dan’s objection is that they’ve become cliched here in Canada and are out of place except in the north among the native communities who invented them. It seems like everyone who goes for a walk and finds some loose stones feels the irrepressible urge to build one, though. The use of one in the logo for the Vancouver Olympics also bothers him, given that Vancouver is a non-Inuit community. A totem pole or a Haida whale might have been more appropriate to the region.
thanks Robb.
Hi Seabrooke and Liza. I actually had a long reply done yesterday and then it disappeared. My take on inuksuit are that they are over done. I also believe that the vast majority of the ones I see, certainly in the accessible areas, are either done by visitors or are a sort of northern version of “Kilroy was here”.
I know of two genuine ones nearby, one of which no longer exists as they (a pair) were blown down in a storm. Actually it was a stone’s throw from the inuksuk in the picture. They were fishing Inuksuit; lining them up points to the good fishing spot and the distance between them tells how far off shore it is. I’ve also heard of very old inuksuit nearby, sunk into the tundra. They are spaced out in a row to guide caribou during a hunt.
Tell Dan he’s free to kick over this one when you visit. My goal in this was to get images for sale (postcards or note cards) because people were asking for some with Inuksuk on them.