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Just a beach. Or is it? In fact, it is the Media that Matters beach.

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Blue skies here on Cortes Island at the end of the day, and you can see the storm making its way northward into the distance over the coastal mountain range.

This was shot at sunset with the last rays of light hitting the beach after filtering through the trees.

Tonemapped pseudohdr processing.

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An explanation of what is happening in this image. We’re flying over the northern gulf Islands in a twin prop Citation and the storm wreaking havoc on the west coast of BC right now is just arriving. It has started to engulf us. You can see in the distance the mountains are still in full .sun. The thin leading edge of the storm is casting an eerie glow and the water below is is darker.

I landed a few minutes later in Powell River and caught a water taxi to Cortez just in time for the big wind to hit. We’re seeing 80km/hr gusts right now. Very noisy.

Stay safe and dry everyone!

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Leaving Vancouver for Cortez Island tomorrow. I have never been there. So many people I respect speak highly of the Hollyhock Institute. We’ll see what it means for me. At the very least I should get some interesting photos of a gorgeous part of the world.

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I kinda like the cross-processed feel to this aerial. This is a big image so check out the larger sizes.

Tone mapped a little in Photomatix but most of the PP in this was done in Photoshop.