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 ‘Nautical’
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 [...]
The Story Of Life
Posted: 6th April 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Island Hoppin', PhotographyTags: Canada, Forest, HDR, Landscape, Marine, Nature, Nautical, Ocean, Park, Photography, Vancouver Island
I remember as if it were yesterday. We were all sitting in a circle on the floor at the teacher’s feet as she opened the book “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle. As she started the words “it was a dark and stormy night”, I felt chills run down my spine and from that [...]
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 [...]
The Edge Of The Earth
Posted: 23rd January 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Island Hoppin', PhotographyTags: Canada, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Mountains, Nature, Nautical, Ocean, Park, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
When you live on an island, taking an afternoon excursion can involve more than just a leisurely drive through the countryside. Eventually all roads lead to the edge of the Earth, where the decision then becomes whether we find a boat and keep on going or don a wetsuit and start paddling! On this warm, still day we thought [...]
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 [...]
The Waterfront
Posted: 20th September 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Downtown, HDR, Landscape, Marina, Marine, Nautical, Ocean, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
Island living offers many wonderful facets of life to enjoy for those who live here and for those who visit. We are blessed with the bluest ocean, the most beautiful mountains and rolling lush forests that sometimes seem to go on forever. Many communities dot the highway that leads north from Victoria, some of them [...]
Landlubbers And Scallywags Beware
Posted: 19th September 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Art, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Nautical, Photography, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Weathered, West Coast
Pirates and ne’er-do-wells heed caution as the lookout may have a peg-leg but is no less a scurvy dog for it. If you’re looking for a barrel of rum, you might be late, but let’s raise our muskets in celebration as we land upon shore at the dock of one of Victoria’s most fascinating destinations. [...]
