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I have found there is never a rhyme or reason to why or when an aurora may happen. We set out to photograph star trails and the KP index was 1.5, we were just about to call it a night and this happened? I would put this storm up against a KP3-4 any day. Never the less a nice storm is always welcome when you have a camera in hand. #lumixcan #lumixstories
Are you an explorer of the world? Have you ever felt like you are something so small living in a big world?? Yukon's slogan is "Larger than life" it only takes a moment to look at an image like this to realize how well their slogan fits the territory. You are welcome to join me next year on the best of Yukon 2019 to explore areas just like this with your camera and a creative mind. 😉 #lumixcan #lumixstories #lumixg9
What a great trip down the Dempster highway! 2 wolves 2 bull moose and one cross fox. We were also lucky to have some great light for beautiful mountain landscapes along the way. #lumixcan #lumixstories
Im loving the tones that I pulled out of the sky from Tofino BC. This images was taken at 11:45 at night when the sun was down. My exposure time was 13 seconds @ f3.2 ISO 100. I was using the Lumix G85 with the 35-100 2.8 lens. • • • • • • #lumix #lumixcan #lumixgx85 #hellobc #tofino #sunsethunter #sunsetsofcanada #canadianphotographer #wanderlust #landscape_captures #cangeotravel #explorecanada #CNtraveler #landscapesofcanada #landscapephotography #moodygrams #northof49workshops #northof49photography
We take off and go visit with some of the other whales, happy times again. Playful antics and daily life resumes to our eyes, but not for long. The Orca network calls it a day, these are guardians to the southern residents. They document behaviour, location and most of all keep other boats away from the whales. They ask us if we could would watch J35, just incase she drops her calf we can document the location so it can be found for research purposes. Gary accepts and we are now the only boat in the whole sea with this poor girl. Her breaths sound different then most residents I have witnessed, almost like she is exhausted and I bet she is. Her struggle to keep the calf a float is unreal, erratic movements and odd dives proves she is not enduring an easy task. As we watch there becomes a moment the baby has not been witnessed by any of us, the heart felt moment comes upon us that she may have dropped the calf. Myself and others on the boat feel as if we are employed to now make sure our findings are educated and true. Could you believe it, being right there in a moment like that. Our captain Gary say's he has the sudden case of "the one mores" this means when you are photographing or viewing something you keep saying, one more time, ok last time, ok once more. We stick around and get the chance to see her come to the surface with her calf again. Gary radios in our coordinates and her direction and we depart back to the dock for the evening. The J pod has gone through so much in the past that this was not the best of news for them. Some feel the issue for their endangered status is due to lack of Salmon, water pollution and other environmental type factors. I'm not sure what is going through her head right now, is she grieving or is this a statement to the world telling us it's our fault. Either way its a display that has made a statement. I'm signing off now as I'm going back out for another 8 hours with the J pod whales again today. Be kind to the ocean my friends, stop using single use plastics, harsh chemicals and not over fishing limits. We can start today to make a difference for tomorrow!
Meet J35 known as Tahlequah, she is a southern resident female Orca whale born into the J Pod in 97-98. Out of all the Orca families and types the J pod has endured some of the most stress. Being easy targets because of their playfulness and routine they were hunted at one point. Remember Shamu the killer whale, a member of J pod, or do you remember Orca whales being trained for military applications? That was two brothers from J pod as well. This list goes on and on but now they are facing a whole new problem. The pod lost their matriarch "Granny" she was figured to be the age of 104, when her body washed up on shore the BC community was hit with some hard news. Since her death the J pod has been very erratic in their behaviour. Here a pod of whales that swim back and fourth between 2 points to hunt fish was gone. Nobody could find them at times and in the month of May it was the first recorded year they never once returned to the Salish sea. So here we are yesterday out on the boat and we find J35. The reason for her appearance in the news was due to a new birth in the J pod. I would like to note that the last birth in this struggling pod was 3 years ago. Tahlequah was blessed with a new born after a gestation period of 15-18 months. Let's just say not all news is good news at this point in time. After 30 minutes with her baby it passed away. But this new mom just can't let go of her calf. Here we are 48 hours after the birth and she is still carrying it around with her. For the most part she tries to keep it on her nose but it slips off causing her to do a deep dive to grab it and bring it back to the surface. New born calves are 7.5 to 8 feet long and weigh about 400lbs. So you can imagine the struggle this whale is having to endure. We keep our distance as this grieving moment is very personal and supported at times by the pod. But for the most part she is on her own, some of the pod is trying to tell her it's time to let her young go. ***continues on next post***

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