Seal Bay Nature Park - The Mystery Forest

I’ve walked the trail to Melda’s Marsh a hundred times but on this one day, the intensity and quality of light revealed this mysterious scene.  It was the rare combination of a mid-summer day and the pulsing light from changing cloud densities that created an opportunity.  I had the sense this scene could soon change so I began shooting immediately.  Believing I had “something-in-camera” that resembled what I felt while drawn into this space, I began to pack-up.  By the time I was ready to leave, the light had changed and the scene was gone.  Every time I walk past this site I marvel at how it's so different and how one can return to the same place hundreds of times and leave with an entirely different experience.  That’s one of the reasons why I’m attracted to photography.  As in life, those snippets of time are so fleeting.

Seal Bay Park Trail

Another shot from a favourite local park.  I've walked along this trail many times and each time the scenery is different.  On this day, I looked back and noticed the shadows falling on the trail with great rim lighting on the trees and branches.

In the Shade of Seal Bay Park

Seal Bay Nature Park is a place I go to exhale and restore balance.  In the final years of my flying career, we were in a transition to a new aircraft.  During that time the ops tempo was very high; making squadron life quite challenging.  I was grateful for the opportunity to be part of such an important era in military search and rescue.  My best offset for those big days was a brief visit to this beautiful park.