The Land That Ugly Forgot The Bewildering, Beautiful and Blithe Happenings Around Vancouver, BC

21Sep/112

Red Punch

A bit of rouge never hurt anybody. I'm always impressed by how a colour can instantly change a mood or communicate. To me this one says, "At-ten-tion!".

11Sep/110

Flawed by Nature

As beautiful as a flower may be, its imperfections like these petals on the verge of dropping are what make particular stems so much more interesting and appealing.

23Aug/117

From the Bottom Up

Sometimes things look surprisingly nice from angles that you'd least expect. I think these yellow coneflowers are just as beautiful from beneath as from above.

7Aug/114

Past Due Date

Even when past prime, things can still have beauty all in their own. This was taken in natural light against some whiteboard. The original was a blue vase and orangey-red flower. I referred to a colour wheel and switched it up a bit to the complimentary colours of yellow and purple.

25Mar/110

Lemony Singles


It's always a challenge to keep fresh roses for an extended period. I've heard of adding a penny to the vase water, or mixing in a crushed Tylenol tablet in order to help preserve flowers. Barring these suggested solutions, I find that a photograph is the best way to keep flowers fresh for a looong time.

17Feb/112

Fuchsia

What a weird word to look at - "fuchsia". That's what this is though. And it's absolute perfection. If there was a contest for being perfect, Ms. Gerbera here would be a fan favourite. It hasn't even a single bent petal or bit of an askew tilt anywhere. Ridiculous how amazing nature can be.

1Feb/114

Face the Light

I hate getting up early. Sunrise scenes like this though at Canada Place with a camera phone in hand make it worthwhile losing out on some sleep.

29Nov/106

A Side of Red

This time of year we're in for a few months of dreary weather. It'll be a while until we see these in the yard again, so good thing there's flower shops (and indoor DIY macro flower studios...) that make these colours available year round.

9Nov/100

Orange Delight

Fooling around with the macro lens, some natural light and an orange lily.

10Oct/102

Wet Maple Leaf

Standing out in the rain and getting soaked amongst the falling leaves isn't very pleasant. Standing under a glass overhang to keep dry and looking out at the rain and leaves falling is much more tolerable. Looking up while under the glass overhang is just plain interesting.