San Josef Bay ~ It's not so easy to get here...

For me, it works like this: Drive for eight hours to the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Then drive 60 km down a very rough logging road to reach the coast. Walk 2 km from the parking lot down to the beach, avoiding bears, wolves and cougars.

Then discover I read the tide charts wrong and it's low tide, not high tide. My idea was a long exposure with the tide surging through the seastacks. Alas, it was not to be, but with the tide out, you can walk through here, so that's also very cool.

The black and white is processed for a little drama, but I'll show you the "real" photo afterwards. This is for @axeman's B&W contest, Week 11

Nikon D750, 1/1600s f/7.1 ISO100 28mm

In truth I didn't see a bear, but I saw plenty of sign. Meet a young traveller from Alabama who was camping on the beach and that guy talked about using his beer spray to drive one away. He was leaving in a bit of a hurry.

So I couldn't wait hours for my high tide and I wasn't prepared for camping, but I still had fun taking lots of photos. Here's my colour version of this photo. Please click for a closer view.

Photo are by me, @keithboone. Thanks for visiting!