Cheam Lake Fall Colours
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Cheam Lake Wetlands Regional Park is one spot in the Fraser Valley where I always go looking for fall colour. An old limestone mine, the park was created in 1990 and now is a great place to photograph not only fall colours, but wildlife – especially birds. Always a bit out of my telephoto range though.
I visited Cheam Lake twice this fall. Someday I need to explore it further – it is close to so many other locations I like to shoot at that I tend to not have enough time. The first time I was there this year I did not find a lot of color but I did manage to make this photo of a Rabbit. I realize this may not be the most exciting or exotic species, but I’ve always like rabbits.
Eastern Cottontail
(Sylvilagus floridanus)
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This Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus – an introduced species here in British Columbia) allowed me to briefly make some photographs of it. A few more mouthfuls of grass and it took off into the deeper underbrush near the lake. Considering the amount of these I have in my backyard, I am surprised my first photo of one was taken over an hour away from home.
This is stunning. Creative mind at work.
Thanks Angela! 🙂
I like the different layers and points of interest to this image of Cheam Lake. I also enjoy the rabbit one. I have often seen rabbits nearby especially at Borst Park in my home town of Centralia but unfortunately I haven’t seen a single one since I purchased my telephoto lens. Needless to say most of my rabbits shots are less impressive and show the rabbit as a small speck at a great distance or look like blurry bigfoot pictures. Once again thanks for sharing your adventures in photography.
Thank you for commenting Zachary. Probably the best way to get wildlife to avoid you is to bring along the right lens to photograph them. 😉