365 Project, Day 110
Here is my day 110 submission to my 365Project:
We are nearly done the DP200 photography workshops with Mike at Clocktower Images...one week to go. This weekend we met as a group at, of all places, Beacon Hill Park (since I never get there, ha ha!). The purpose of today's class was to practice taking photos of birds in flight. So we planted ourselves on the old bridge at Goodacre Lake in Beacon Hill and waited for the action to begin. It took some time for the birds to start flying back and forth past the 7 of us with our cameras but once they did the shutters were going full force! I managed to grab a few photos I liked of some ducks and gulls in flight. I especially liked the look of this duck's tail feathers fully spread out.
Fun fact of the day:
Beacon Hill Park was designed by, John Blaire, a Scot who immigrated to Canada in 1851 and eventually moved to Victoria in 1881. He was trained as a landscape gardener and in 1889, at the age of 69, he entered a competition to design and build Beacon Hill Park. Blair's design for the stone bridge over Goodacre Lake resembled the bridge he designed in Colorado Springs and another Union Park in Chicago. This bridge still stands today and is one of the main focal points of the park.
To read more about the history of Beacon Hill Park check out this University Libraries, University of Washington webpage.
We are nearly done the DP200 photography workshops with Mike at Clocktower Images...one week to go. This weekend we met as a group at, of all places, Beacon Hill Park (since I never get there, ha ha!). The purpose of today's class was to practice taking photos of birds in flight. So we planted ourselves on the old bridge at Goodacre Lake in Beacon Hill and waited for the action to begin. It took some time for the birds to start flying back and forth past the 7 of us with our cameras but once they did the shutters were going full force! I managed to grab a few photos I liked of some ducks and gulls in flight. I especially liked the look of this duck's tail feathers fully spread out.
Fun fact of the day:
Beacon Hill Park was designed by, John Blaire, a Scot who immigrated to Canada in 1851 and eventually moved to Victoria in 1881. He was trained as a landscape gardener and in 1889, at the age of 69, he entered a competition to design and build Beacon Hill Park. Blair's design for the stone bridge over Goodacre Lake resembled the bridge he designed in Colorado Springs and another Union Park in Chicago. This bridge still stands today and is one of the main focal points of the park.
To read more about the history of Beacon Hill Park check out this University Libraries, University of Washington webpage.
| The stone bridge on Goodacre Lake 1889 |
| The stone bridge at GoodAcre lake today Source |
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| Juvenile gull feet :) |
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| This young gull was a bit curious about what we were up to |
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| After practicing some shots of birds in motion we discovered this spider so spent a little time practicing our macro photography |
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| Yet more photos of peacocks...they're just so photogenic, especially ones as mellow as these guys were! |
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