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North Okanagan

When I visited my relatives in the Okanagan previously in 2006 it was a lively situation with lots of extended family coming and going and a vacation atmosphere that included spending most afternoons on the beach, and yet I also found time to explore the area with a few day trips. (see Road Trip 2006: Family & Fun , Places and Fireworks on Hummingbird Creek) This time was much more laid back, spent mostly with just my cousin and his family for whom working on their new vacation home had largely supplanted cavorting on the beach. I had seen enough of the region on my previous visit that I chose to stick around and appreciate my time with them, helping Vic build a deck and whatever else I could do to assist. My photography thus was confined to the immediate area of their place at Mara Lake south of Sicamous and was less prolific than in 2006. I honed in on some of the smaller elements of the local environment for many of these photos.

The first set of images here was shot after sunset one evening. Hummingbird Creek once trickled through a narrow, mossy, tree-lined channel I am told, but after a couple of flood/slide events, the latest having just occurred earlier in 2012, it has been transformed into a wide boulder field. With the light fading and a neutral density filter on my lens, I set out to play with the smoothing effect of long exposures on the water flowing over the rocks.


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Hummingbird Creek 1
Hummingbird Creek 1
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1.0s | Aperture: ƒ/11.0 | Focal Length: 47.5mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
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Hummingbird Creek 1
 Hummingbird Creek 2
Hummingbird Creek 2
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 2.0s | Aperture: ƒ/9.5 | Focal Length: 45.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
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Hummingbird Creek 2
 Hummingbird Creek 3
Hummingbird Creek 3
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 400 | Exposure: 3.0s | Aperture: ƒ/9.5 | Focal Length: 45.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
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Hummingbird Creek 3
 Hummingbird Creek 4
Hummingbird Creek 4
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 2.0s | Aperture: ƒ/9.5 | Focal Length: 50.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
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Hummingbird Creek 4
Hummingbird Creek 5
Hummingbird Creek 5
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 10.0s | Aperture: ƒ/16.0 | Focal Length: 50.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
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Hummingbird Creek 5
 Hummingbird Creek 6
Hummingbird Creek 6
Exposures got very long as the light faded.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 132.0s | Aperture: ƒ/16.0 | Focal Length: 45.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
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Hummingbird Creek 6
 Mara Creek 1
Mara Creek 1
Mara Creek runs into Hummingbird Creek but it was less affected by the flood events. HDR image.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/6s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 17.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Mara Creek 1
 Mara Creek 2
Mara Creek 2
The creek runs through a deep, densely wooded ravine. HDR image.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/20s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 10.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC
Mara Creek 2
Mara Creek 3
Mara Creek 3
Even on a sunny afternoon long exposures demanded a tripod in this dark valley.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/4s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 17.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Mara Creek 3
 Mara Creek 4
Mara Creek 4
Sunlit spots or sky in an image presented extreme contrast. HDR to the rescue.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/8s | Aperture: ƒ/13.0 | Focal Length: 17.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Mara Creek 4
 Mara Creek Waterfall
Mara Creek Waterfall
HDR image.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1.5s | Aperture: ƒ/13.0 | Focal Length: 32.5mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Mara Creek Waterfall
 Vic on Mara Creek
Vic on Mara Creek
Single RAW exposure tomemapped in Photomatix.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1.5s | Aperture: ƒ/13.0 | Focal Length: 32.5mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Vic on Mara Creek
Vic and Tucker
Vic and Tucker
Tonal manipulation of a dark exposure sufficed in this case.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/6s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 10.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC
Vic and Tucker
 Vic and Darren
Vic and Darren
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/15s | Aperture: ƒ/6.7 | Focal Length: 50.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Vic and Darren
 Mandy
Mandy
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 160 | Exposure: 1/90s | Aperture: ƒ/6.7 | Focal Length: 50.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Mandy
 Haste
Haste
Preparing for departure.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 160 | Exposure: 1/15s | Aperture: ƒ/6.7 | Focal Length: 50.0mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Haste
Welcome Dog
Welcome Dog
Tucker
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 160 | Exposure: 1/45s | Aperture: ƒ/6.7 | Focal Length: 47.5mm | Lens: Tamron AF 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di-II LD
Welcome Dog
 Cornflower 1
Cornflower 1
As an avid close-up photographer I couldn’t resist putting on my macro lens and exploring the local flora.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 140 | Exposure: 1/90s | Aperture: ƒ/5.6 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Cornflower 1
 Cornflower 2
Cornflower 2
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/250s | Aperture: ƒ/5.6 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Cornflower 2
 Flower and Fluff
Flower and Fluff
The local wildflowers included varieties unfamiliar to me from the Yukon.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/45s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Flower and Fluff
Purple and Green
Purple and Green
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/250s | Aperture: ƒ/5.6 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Purple and Green
 Thistle
Thistle
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/180s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 70.0mm
Thistle
 Bee on Leaf
Bee on Leaf
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/750s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Bee on Leaf
 Bee on Thistle
Bee on Thistle
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/180s | Aperture: ƒ/8.0 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Bee on Thistle
Morning Glory
Morning Glory
I didn’t pass up the domestic flowers in Mandy's garden.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 160 | Exposure: 1/60s | Aperture: ƒ/11.0 | Focal Length: 50.0mm
Morning Glory
 Cedar Bough 1
Cedar Bough 1
We do not have cedar in my part of the country and I am struck by its beauty when I see it now.
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/30s | Aperture: ƒ/9.5 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Cedar Bough 1
 Cedar Bough 2
Cedar Bough 2
Photographic Info
Camera: PENTAX K-5 | ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/15s | Aperture: ƒ/9.5 | Focal Length: 70.0mm | Lens: Sigma AF 70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro
Cedar Bough 2


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