Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f/4 S at 105mm, 1/90 sec, f/9.5, ISO 500.
This is my penultimate post about the Vancouver Island trip. Next week, as is my usual practice when wrapping up a series on a big trip, will have some lens usage statistics and an assortment of stray images that I wanted to share but never found a home for in the earlier posts. This week I will share some images from the last location we visited out on the island: Sandcut Beach. On Adam‘s recommendation, Barrett and I stopped by here on our way back to Victoria. To reach this beach we followed a trail down to the shore, during which I made the image above. Once we reached the beach, we turned left and walked a long way through the rocks until we reached the waterfalls that Adam mentioned:
Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f/4 S at 120mm, 1/4 sec, f/11, ISO 64.
In the image above, I like the fact that the round rock makes a focal point. It is a little surprising that such a small thing in the frame can seem so prominent. I suppose that is because it is the only well-defined shape in the scene. It reminds me of a wayward shot-put from the days of high school track and field.
About fifty feet to the right from the image above is a very different-looking waterfall:
Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f/4 S at 120mm, 1.5 sec, f/11, ISO 64.
Both of these waterfalls are actually from the same creek that just splits up a bit before taking the final plunge down to the beach. The fact that one is bare rock and the other is covered in slimy green algae is kind of surprising. I suspect that it is because this second waterfall faces more to the south and gets more sunlight. It looks really, really slippery.
Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S at 14mm, 1/350 sec, f/11, ISO 64.
The images above and below give a good idea of what the beach was like: while it seems unlikely that God would have cut the sand delivery in order to save money when making the beach, maybe that’s how it got its name. Who knows?
Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-120mm f/4 S at 120mm, 1/90 sec, f/11, ISO 64.
Someone had a lot of fun stacking rocks in little alcoves in the cliff. I think the lighting on this little group was very nice:
Nikon Z8 with AF-S Fisheye Nikkor 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5E ED at 15mm, 1/90 sec, f/11, ISO 64.
Since I have to run off in a few minutes to catch a plane, I have kept the commentary a little short (for me!). I do want to apologize for the broken link to my new gallery in last week’s newsletter for those who subscribe. I decided to try a different gallery plug-in and ended up liking it. Unfortunately I ended up having to use a new URL for the gallery page. While I did get all the links working again, I forgot that the newsletter had already been sent with a link that no longer worked. So, error 404 it was.
If you are willing to give my gallery a second chance, it can be found here.
