Landscape A journey to Triangle Island

A journey to Triangle Island · **1 Like**

Last Friday I got the chance to visit Triangle Island, which is the most distant of the Scott Islands group, off the northern tip of Vancouver Island. An amazing place and a great test for my new HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED WR lens. All in all, I am very happy with the way the lens performed, even if it did a little focus hunting at times. There were people on board the boat with some massive lenses, like a Canon 600mm f/4 lens and I just shook my head. Don't get me wrong, these are great peices of kit, but even OS doesn't compensate for a boat rolling around in a 3-5 meter swell. The trip was amazing and I hope you like some of the shots.

Darryl

**SointulArt** · 04-28-2014, 07:29 PM

A few more, including some of the wildlife...

RoxnDox · 04-28-2014, 09:27 PM

Wow, those are great shots... You sure had a perfect day for it! I hope we get a couple that good for our Inside Passage cruise in June...

Jim

**SointulArt** · 04-28-2014, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by RoxnDox

Wow, those are great shots... You sure had a perfect day for it! I hope we get a couple that good for our Inside Passage cruise in June...

Jim

Yes the weather co-operated. For the week before it had been Gale force winds and 5-7m swells. We managed a brief 12 hour window when the sea were relatively "calm." Going out the Queen Charlotte Strait was like a Mill pond, almost glassy smooth. Then when we rounded Cape Scott the swell grew a bit, but not more than a couple of meters. The seas out at Triangle were much sloppier. The tide changed and the currents were a problem. But we managed a circumnavigation of the island, so it was a good trip!

GeoJerry · 04-28-2014, 10:03 PM

Great shots!

**SointulArt** · 04-29-2014, 08:53 PM

Originally posted by GeoJerry

Great shots!

Thanks for the kind words.

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04-28-2014, 09:27 PM	#3
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494	Wow, those are great shots... You sure had a perfect day for it! I hope we get a couple that good for our Inside Passage cruise in June... Jim

04-28-2014, 10:02 PM	#4
SointulArt Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sointula, BC Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 453 Original Poster	Originally posted by RoxnDox Wow, those are great shots... You sure had a perfect day for it! I hope we get a couple that good for our Inside Passage cruise in June... Jim Yes the weather co-operated. For the week before it had been Gale force winds and 5-7m swells. We managed a brief 12 hour window when the sea were relatively "calm." Going out the Queen Charlotte Strait was like a Mill pond, almost glassy smooth. Then when we rounded Cape Scott the swell grew a bit, but not more than a couple of meters. The seas out at Triangle were much sloppier. The tide changed and the currents were a problem. But we managed a circumnavigation of the island, so it was a good trip!

04-28-2014, 10:03 PM	#5
GeoJerry Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,158	Great shots!

04-29-2014, 08:53 PM	#6
SointulArt Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sointula, BC Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 453 Original Poster	Originally posted by GeoJerry Great shots! Thanks for the kind words.