Clouds trail listlessly
Lying low in the valleys
Or spread thinly in the sky
While the sun’s last rays
Glimmer off the glassy ocean
On Howe Sound
Squamish
British Columbia, Canada
This evening, October 12, 2015
Barely enough illumination for hand-held, I had to pump the ISO up to 64,000 to enable a decent shutter speed at full 2.8 aperture. I really should carry a tripod!
I travel this road frequently, so often I sometimes have to remind myself that the Sea-to-Sky Highway linking Vancouver and Whistler is among the world’s most beautiful drives. The section alongside Howe Sound is particularly spectacular, and I photograph it often. This road is definitely among my favourite places in the world; I find the drive in either direction to be a source of pleasure and calm, a drive on which I release tensions and stresses, breath in the beauty and center myself. So, it’s a natural submission for this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, which is Happy Place.