Windy and rainy through the first part of the day. Around mid afternoon it shifted to more of a showery regime, with brief sunny breaks between the mix of rain, snow, and graupel.
Seas at the buoy peaked at 20ft overnight and gradually diminished through the day.
I didn’t venture out until the rain had let up this afternoon.
I was not feeling too ambitious, so didn’t venture off the road.
Gulls were few in number at the channel.
A line of herring seiners were heading toward the channel of the the fishing finished for the day
When I stopped at Sea Mart to look out over the water, I happened to catch the edge of a shower. A line of herring seiners was motoring back towards town. I’m guessing they either had an opening that ended around midday, or a decision was made to not have an opening.
A bright low rainbow greeted me at Starrigavan. It was not going to stick around long, so I took what I could get to document it.
A neutral density filter allowed me to take a long exposure of this waterfall even though it was in direct sun.
I recently got a neutral density filter, so I gave it a try on a small waterfall along Nelson Logging road. Its sole function is to reduce the amount of light coming in. One advantage is it allows for longer shutter species which can be used to blur moving water.
I am pretty sure this is a species of Plagiochila, but will try to confirm (and perhaps get it identified to species).
Before going home, I stopped at Castle Hill and made observations and collections of a lichen and a couple of liverworts that caught my eye.
At ultimate this evening the clouds broke up in the right direction to reveal a nice crescent moon. It was still out when I got home, so I tried for some photos. I was not feeling ambitious enough to go somewhere and look for an interesting composition in which I could include the moon. (Especially since there seemed to be a good chance it would disappear behind clouds again before long.)
My iNaturalist Observations for Today
