new shots in gallery

I have recently added some new content to my gallery.

Columbia Skytrain station, New Westminster. This was about an 8 sec exposure. The train is hardly visible, except for the streak of the running lights.

Coal Island, outside Swartz Bay, Victoria. This is a small boat wharf at the end of Coal Island. The is the first island upon leaving Swartz Bay. I shot this with my 600mm mirror lens using a red filter.

water fountain outside Bay Centre, Victoria. I had to shoot fast enough in order to freeze the motion of the water.

Hotel Douglas, Victoria. This is actually the old sign on the top side of the hotel.

parkade jumper, Victoria. Back in Sept/06 I was in Victoria. I noticed the bottom end of Yates St was closed off, and many people were hanging around. Soon I discovered why: a guy was at the top of a 6-storey parkade. He was sitting on the top of the wall with his feet dangling over the edge. The police had cordoned off two blocks. I took a couple of shots from over a block away. But even a 600mm lens was straining to get a good picture. Besides, he was in the shadow of a pillar. I had to go around 3 blocks to get to the other end of the street; at which point I was virtually opposite the jumper. Now my 600mm zoom lens was getting much more detail of this guy. I set up my tripod and proceeded to shoot away. I shot over a roll. Even a couple of shots of the police. In two of the pictures there is another person in there. He was giving the jumper some smokes! I was so excited because I figured this was news! I got on the phone with the editor of the Victoria Times-Colonist. The response was: "people in Victoria don't want to see death in the newspaper." What? I couldn't believe it! I responded: "not even page 3?" No, sorry, not interested. Well, I was bummed. Had this been Vancouver, this certainly would've been in one of the local papers. I guess Victoria doesn't like news like that, it's bad for tourism. Eventually I left because the light was starting to go. I don't know what ever became of the jumper.