One of the very best parts about being involved in photography is encountering a scene that leaves the visitor with many unanswered questions. Trying to place context on such scenes adds interest and intrigue for the viewer, commonly referred to as “artistic tension” by those who subscribe to Gestalt. Today’s post finds us taking a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boats’
Have I Been Forgotten?
Posted: 23rd April 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
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These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things
Posted: 17th April 2013 by Mrs. Toad in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
Usually as we set out to create a new blog here at the Hollow, Mr. Toad will give me some incredibly inspirational photos and then we put our little green heads together until we put the last period at the end and call it a wrap! But today, perhaps because it is finally Spring and suddenly [...]
Looking Out View
Posted: 4th April 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
It’s been a rough week here around The Hollow as it seems that I picked up a bit of a bug. And we’re not talking about the delicious, fly-like kind, either, we’re talking about the kind that puts a trusty toad straight into the Lily Pads where he needs to rest for a few days. [...]
Chief Tzouhalem’s Mighty Mountain
Posted: 11th March 2013 by Mrs. Toad in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
There is just something purely magical about the quiet hours of the morning. Those fleeting few moments that belong neither to the night nor to the day. As if the world is unaware that you are watching, or simply doesn’t mind. Uninterrupted by the clatter of everyday life, it is a time that belongs to each one [...]
Anchor Watch
Posted: 19th February 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
A ship’s bell clangs in the distance through the fog. By the time it hits your ear it almost sounds muddy, as if the thickness of the fog in the air weighed it down. As the echoes drifted across the bay and slowly subsided the gulls began to fly past, never afraid to let their [...]
A Winter’s Morning On The Bay
Posted: 7th January 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island
The air was so cold it was thick. I swore that you could cut it with a knife it felt so heavy. Frost sat on everything exposed in the marine landscape, and even direct sunlight for a period of time wasn’t enough to get rid of it. And through it all, a light foggy mist [...]
Tranquility
Posted: 23rd August 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Boats, Canada, HDR, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Weathered
For today’s adventure we are back once again at the Genoa Bay Marina, in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. This is the final installment in this series of blog posts and images we have of the marina, but rest assured we’ll be back in the near future to take more pictures. It’s [...]
Beware Of Pirates
Posted: 12th August 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Photography, Vancouver Island
Hi there again, everyone, welcome back to The Hollow! Today’s adventure finds us chasing pirates back at the Genoa Bay Marina, on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. This photoblog post features some images of artifacts and decorations that folks display at the marina, all which truly add to the overall sense of nautical living on the [...]
Admiring Boats
Posted: 8th August 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography
Today’s post finds us back at the Genoa Bay Marina, on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Being that we live on an island, marinas and nautical things in general are to be found everywhere. This gives us countless subjects to enjoy and photograph to share with everyone. The smaller marinas like Genoa Bay also seem to [...]
Marina With No Peer
Posted: 5th August 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Boats, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
Hi everyone, welcome back to The Hollow today! We’ve been posting a lot of shots lately with water themes, the weather has really improved the last few weeks and these locations are just beaming with beauty and beckoning to be photographed! Today we’re back taking a look at the lovely Genoa Bay Marina, in the [...]
