Ross Churchley

@rosschurchley.com

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Photographer, crafter, and software developer in #Vancouver. Mostly cross-posts from https://rosschurchley.com

Two horses stand together in a field. One is brown, and the other has a spotted coat. The ground is covered in frost, and a forest of bare beech trees is in the background.
Three turtles sit on a dark log surrounded by green lily pads and white flowers in a pond.
Two fish face the viewer, open mouths poking above the surface.
A light grey pig stands in a grassy field, looking directly at the camera with a curious expression.
A dark crab stands on a wet sandy surface, partially submerged in the foam of an incoming wave.
A squirrel sits on a log, holding and eating a seed with its paws.
A wall covered in large graffiti illustrations, including a blue cartoonish Moomin-like character. An elderly woman is walking with a cane on the adjoining sidewalk.
Two people sit on a tall concrete ledge which supports a covered bridge.
The stone foundation of a Japanese castle and the white lower walls of the keep. One of the keep windows is decorated with an ornate gable.
Light reflects off a modern glass building, projecting a diamond pattern on the brick wall of the facing building.
Five stylized, pink birds in flight are painted on a sky-blue concrete pillar. A lens flare emanates from the top left corner.
A tile mosaic featuring rectangular sections of different patterns. Some sections are built from green and white square tiles; others have interesting patterns in larger panes of partly-frosted glass.
A bottom-up view of an ancient stone wall, covered with some grass and plants. The blue sky and a fluffy white cloud are visible above the wall.
A column of dusty pink delphinium flowers with ruffled petals.
Close-up of a bright yellow sunflower with a double spiral pattern of seeds in the center.
Purple and white pompom flowers bloom densely in a garden.
A bee flies towards a cluster of pink flowers against a bright blue sky.
Purple lupin flowers bloom tall in a grassy field.
A pink lotus flower floats on a green lily pad in still water. A dragonfly rests on a petal.
Close-up of a purple petunia with visible pollen and stamen in the center.
A closeup of a white chicken with a grumpy-looking glare on its face, with its wattles scrunched up and its comb askew. It is next to a green bush and shares its pen with a black chicken in the background.
A photo looking up at a pigeon perched on a wooden railing, its head slightly tilted. The sky behind is bright white.
A female red-winged blackbird eats birdseed from someone's hand. The focus is on the bird, with the background greenery out-of-focus and the person's body out of frame.
A crow with wings outstretched and beak open in the middle of a clear blue sky. A branch of the evergreen tree from which the crow launched itself is just visible at the edge of the frame.
Two ducklings swim along the still waters of a narrow channel or creek. Their down is fuzzy and mostly grey-brown with a touch of yellow, with their adult feathers just starting to grow in. The water reflects the green of the surrounding wetland grasses. The photo is at a slight angle with the line of motion going up and to the right.
A closeup of a heron wading next to a small log in the shallows of a brown river.
A seagull flies overhead. The sky is a deep azure blue and framed with wispy clouds.
A scene on the Fraser River on a cloudy day. A log bundle floats on the river to the left of frame, while a tugboat facing away from camera makes its way up the river on the right.
Two people row a canoe through a lilypad-covered lake. The background consists of a thicket of reeds in front of a cluster of deciduous bushes, which in turn is in front of a coniferous forest. The entire photo is green aside from the blue and red shirts of the canoers.
An empty red cargo ship is moored at sea. The clear sky has the pastel colours of sunset, transitioning from red at the horizon to greenish-blue at the top of the frame. The cranes on the cargo ship are reflected on the calm waters.
A fishing boat covered with spherical orange buoys passes through the entrance to a cove marked by a beacon on a breakwater.
A black-and-white photo showing the silhouette of a ferry in the glare of the sun on the water.
A yellow sign reading "Void #14" labels the top edge of a stomach-high metal wall. Through the void can be seen concrete pillars and metal structures making up the dock infrastructure of a ferry terminal.
A blue and white tugboat sails leftwards up the Fraser River. Several log bundles are floating on the river on either side of the boat. The opposite bank of the river is lined by a thin forest of tall deciduous trees.
Concrete pillars supporting a bridge. There are at least six sets, each consisting of three pillars connected by a horizontal concrete beam.
Tourists walk through a passage formed by dozens of bright red torii gates extending into the distance.
Wooden pillars supporting a trestle bridge over a muddy green river.
A view down the center of a narrow double-helical spiral staircase several stories high. The focus is on the red metal beams enclosing the inner circle, emanating from the center of the frame outwards.
The underside of Tōkyō's metropolitan expressway, suspended above a river. The far side of the river is bathed in sunlight, contrasting with the shadows cast by the overpass.
Tall, leafless trees are partially obscured by fog, in a square bounded by a Brutalist concrete building.
A large room with a low ceiling supported by many wide concrete pillars. The room has tiled white floors, fluorescent lighting, and is completely empty aside from the rows of pillars.
An orange and purple sunset over Snek’w7étkwe (Thompson River)
Kulshan (Mt Baker) viewed from across the Salish Sea, clad in the reddish hues of the sunset
XKCD comic 723. When an earthquake hits, people flood the internet with posts about it--some within 20 or 30 seconds. [[A room with a desk, chair, and computer are shaking. The person in it is on his phone, using Twitter.]] RobM163 Huge earthquake here! Damaging seismic waves travel at 3-5km s. Fiber signals move at ~200,000kh s. (minus network lag) This means when the seismic waves are about 100km out, they begin to be overtaken by the waves of posts ABOUT them. [[There is a geographical border on a map; the front edge of the wave of the quake is shown, with the front edge of the wave of tweets surpassing it.]] People outside this radius may get woord of the quake via Twitter, IRC, or SMS BEFORE the shaking hits. [[A man and woman are standing, holding cell phones. The woman is looking at hers.]] Woman: Whoa! Earthquake! Sadly, a Twitterer's first instinct is not to find shelter. Man and Woman (on phones): RT @RobM163 Huge earthquake here! {{Title text: The USGS operates a really neat email SMS earthquake notification service (earthquake.usgs.gov ens ) that allows fine-grained control of notifications.}}. (References to Twitter in the original 2010 comic have been replaced with Bluesky.)
The sun nears the horizon over the Fraser River and the Knight Street bridge. The sky, dotted with clouds, fades from yellow on the horizon to deep blue overhead.
A shallow river with a rocky shore in the foreground, crossed by a distant bridge in the middle, with a mountain range in the background
A lens flare emanating from the sun, centred in frame on the horizon. The flare appear as a grid of distorted red circles.
The sun sets over the city of Kanazawa, with Kanazawa Castle in the foreground in shadow
The sun sets below a layer of clouds on the ocean horizon. The entire photo is bathed in a golden hue.
A silhouette of a seagull against a sunset, above Vancouver's North Shore mountains and an illuminated ship.
A statue of the Virgin Mary with an ominous blue colour-grade, as though it was a day-for-night shot in an old horror movie
A stone statue of a bishop holding a book and a golden staff
A statue of a samurai with a large gold-plated hat, among dark trees at twilight, dramatically lit from below
A statue of the legendary prince Yamato Takeru against a clear blue sky
A statue of Queen Victoria, almost in silhouette, against a clear blue sky
A statue of an athletic young man raising his forearm is dramatically illuminated from one side
The statue of Godzilla outside Toho Cinema headquarters in Hibiya
The silhouette of a heron perched atop a tree, against the red clouds and blue sky at sunset