Shuswap evenings

After a day out on the lake exploring we spent the evening watching the sun begin to set behind the distant mountains. This is a photo of Shuswap Lake, located in the lower mainland of British Columbia in Canada. The photo is taken from a beach close to the town of Salmon Arm. Across in the picture is the public beach of Canoe. Such a wonderful peaceful place to enjoy the summer months but also beautiful through the winter too.

Clifton Evenings

I am very lucky to live only a matter of minutes away from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. A lot of the time I am too busy to be able to see the sunset but on this occasion I was able to capture a nice glow of the clouds, despite missing the main event. The bridge is somewhere that despite being iconic to Bristol, is still an area which is peaceful in the evenings with only a few people wandering around. I will be leaving Bristol in June and hope to capture the bridge at sunset again before then.

Vancouver sunset

Taken from the Vancouver Lookout at sunset. The lights of the city beginning to turn on contrasting the natural glow provided by the sun. In the background the mountains stand in gloom against the man-made buildings full of light. To the right the Lionsgate Bridge provides a link from the city to these mountains, cementing Vancouver as a city of contrasts, a metropolis surrounded by nature.

Clifton Observatory

 I feel very lucky to live only minutes away from the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge. It is somewhere that I hope to go one time and capture the sunset. I just missed it when I went for an evening walk a couple of weeks ago and instead got to see these wonderful pink clouds. The building here is the Clifton Observatory which houses a camera obscura and also a pathways down into the cliffs to look over the gorge which is something I hope to visit before I leave Bristol in the summer.

Clifton Observatory, Clifton, Bristol, UK

Vancouver nights

 Vancouver was my first time on holiday completely alone. I had travelled to Canada with my mum, but had taken the trip westward by myself.On my first evening in the city I returned to the Vancouver Lookout which I had been up earlier in the day in the hopes of catching the sunset. I may have arrived early but the wait was well worth it to see the mountains and the city lit up by the orange glow of the setting sun. 

Vancouver from the Lookout. Summer 2014 at Sunset.