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Watching the universe unfold, one frame at a time. Gotta be there for a chance to get lucky!

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David McColm
4 years
What a night! With the potential for some aurora action & Neowise fading day by day, I decided to head up here last night ... the comet, bioluminescence, the Milky Way and even a bit of aurora - just wow ❤️ #Tofino #BC @TamithaSkov @HelloBC @tourism_tofino @StormHour
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David McColm
2 years
That incredible night of a lunar rainbow above the peak of Whistler Mountain #whistler #rainbow
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2 years
Just a ‘chill’ kind of day on the west coast of Vancouver Island #BCStorm #ucluelet
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3 years
The 'emerald coast' ... today in Ucluelet, BC #ucluelet @TourismUcluelet
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2 months
Last night's 'strawberry moon' lived up to its name! #ucluelet #BC
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6 months
This morning's stunning moonrise over the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Vancouver Island #ucluelet #tofino
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David McColm
1 year
Here's a time lapse of the recent super-moonrise from the coastline of Ucluelet, BC #supermoon
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David McColm
4 years
Last night's full moonrise over Whistler was pretty darn cool! #onlyinwhistler @HelloBC @StormHour @weathernetwork
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2 years
The waves were back BIG time today on the west coast of Vancouver Island. These explosive moments were captured from the shore of Ucluelet, BC
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4 months
Last night I experienced the best aurora ever, along with a ‘few’ other night sky watchers! #whistler #Auroraborealis
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2 months
Look for it - the 1% moon setting (from Ucluelet, BC) over the west coast of Vancouver Island #lastnight
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David McColm
2 years
Mt. Baker is 'taller' than Vancouver - photo was taken from @BCFerries #peaceandlove
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David McColm
8 months
When big waves & wind arrive on the west coast of Vancouver Island, it's time to head outside & have fun! What a wild'n crazy day it was! #ucluelet #bcstorm
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3 months
The 'Flower Moon' makes a grand appearance over the Pacific Ocean from Ucuelet, BC this morning #flowermoon #fullmoon
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David McColm
5 months
Good night from the west coast of Vancouver Island #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
9 months
Prepare to have your mind 'bent'! This is a 'stacked' time lapse from 1500+ photos of a recent sunset from Ucluelet, BC #ukee #tofino #vancouverisland
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David McColm
1 month
Last night's sunset from Ucluelet, BC
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David McColm
4 months
My #1 bucket list Whistler shot has always been to capture the northern lights over both Whistler & Blackcomb Mountains … ✅ x 1000s This image is from a 600+ frame time lapse & was captured after 4 am in the early dawn sky … stay tuned 😀 #onlyinwhistler @WhistlerBlckcmb
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David McColm
8 months
It was very wavy & very windy yesterday! #ucluelet #bcstorm
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David McColm
3 years
The dragon, the serpent & the boa were out having fun off the coast of Ucluelet this week #ucluelet #BCStorm @TourismUcluelet @HelloBC
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David McColm
8 months
So would you venture down this sea foam covered trail? FYI it was chest deep in places! #tofino #ucluelet
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David McColm
6 months
It was an orca kind of morning ❤️ #ucluelet #orca #whale
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David McColm
6 months
This month's 'snow moon' setting over the Pacific Ocean from the shore of Ucluelet, BC #ucluelet
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David McColm
1 year
Mt. Baker looms large over 'Vancouver' ... these photos were captured over the past years using a long telephoto lens, thus the impressive size of Mt. Baker in relation to the city #vancouver #mtbaker
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David McColm
1 year
Last night and early this morning, the sky & ocean were very very active! And oh so stunningly beautiful! #VancouverIsland #BC
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David McColm
4 months
The crescent moonset last night from Ucluelet, BC
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David McColm
4 months
So on the way to Whistler last week, I captured Mt. Baker looming large over Vancouver. This was shot from @bcferries with my Nikon Z7ii @ 390mm lens #vancouver #mtbaker
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David McColm
2 years
Our west coast waves were exploding in power & beauty this week! #emeraldcoast #ucluelet #BC
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4 months
Good night from Ucluelet, BC #tonight
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David McColm
5 years
What an unexpected & wonderful surprise it was to see this 'picket fence' aurora last night while camping in the Coast Mountains of BC! @TamithaSkov @StormHour @dartanner #exploreBC #ExploreCanada
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David McColm
2 years
The Milky Way flows (races) along the west coast of Vancouver Island #Ucluelet #Tofino
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David McColm
9 months
The waves were just stunning as they blasted the west coast of Vancouver Island this morning! #ucluelet #tofino
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David McColm
5 years
What an amazing night in the Whistler alpine! I've missed you aurora - please don't stay away so long next time :) @GoWhistler @WhistlerBlckcmb @TamithaSkov @StormHour @dartanner @weathernetwork @steeletalk @JWagstaffe #exploreBC #aurora #pano
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David McColm
4 years
Last night's moonrise, aka the Flower Moon, was very special ... not only due to the 'rainbow' but after 27 yrs of living in Whistler, it was likely my last one until things open back up. Moving to Ukee and @TourismUcluelet moon action! @GoWhistler @StormHour @HelloBC #bewell
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David McColm
1 year
It was an amazing orca kind of morning! #ucluelet #tofino #vancouverisland
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David McColm
4 months
Just another aurora borealis shining bright over Whistler moment #onlyinwhistler @WhistlerBlckcmb #lookup
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6 months
Just another 'normal' morning along the Wild Pacific Trail in Ucluelet, BC. OK, I guess seeing & photographing a breaching humpback whale was a 'bit' of a extra special bonus ❤
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David McColm
4 months
Night lights over Whistler, BC ... 800 frames over 800 seconds @GoWhistler @TamithaSkov @NikonCanada
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David McColm
8 months
Whales! It was an orca kind of morning #ucluelet #vancouverisland
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David McColm
2 years
Sending positive energy out into the world from the west coast of Vancouver Island
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David McColm
8 months
Good night from a sometimes stormy west coast of Vancouver Island #lastweek #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
4 months
I love shooting starry nights over Whistler, BC #onlyinwhistler
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David McColm
4 months
I love capturing the Winter night sky over Whistler Mountain #orion #whistler #notrecent
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David McColm
8 months
It’s a wavy day on the west coast of Vancouver Island #ucluelet #tofino
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David McColm
4 months
An aurora & moonlit Whistler valley - what a wondrous & memorable snowy night this was and more so being immersed between these cloud layers! #whistler
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David McColm
1 year
Early this morning, somewhere between Tofino & Ucluelet, BC, this unexpected & amazing early morning light show happened #vancouverisland #pacificocean #aurora @TamithaSkov @tourism_tofino @TourismUcluelet
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David McColm
9 months
Whew - I almost missed this crazy wave action but fortunately went out just before 'sunset' and caught this! #Ucluelet #tofino #bcstorm
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David McColm
1 year
Last night my stepson Alex & I went out to scope a surf shot that could be a few more years in the making (since we will need the perfect set of conditions + gear to be able to pull it off) but what an incredible night it was! #letsdothis #bioluminescence #MilkyWay #Tofino
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David McColm
5 years
Bird in flight ... during today’s total solar eclipse #mindblown Let’s just say that after two solar eclipses, were already planning to catch the next one in northern Patagonia in year! #diamondbeads #solareclipse #chile @StormHour @dartanner
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David McColm
5 years
Last night's moon chase from the air & from Whistler terra firma was one for the ole memory bank! AND that it was for the "snow moon"! #snowmoon #mooneruption @GoWhistler @HelloBC @StormHour @JWagstaffe @blackcombheli
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David McColm
4 months
After 11 hours on the road today, we timed it with just minutes to spare to experience this magical moonrise from home. And fortunately the clouds cooperated ... just enough 😀 #pinkmoon #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
1 year
This morning was all about the moonrise, sunrise, orcas and some incredible early morning light 🙂 #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
4 months
Some magical sunset light from Tofino #lastnight
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David McColm
4 months
Here's half of this aurora time lapse - didn't want to bore you with the full thing 😊 fyi Each frame is 2 seconds long and 3 seconds apart #onlyinwhistler @WhistlerBlckcmb
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David McColm
8 months
Merry Christmas from the currently wet'n wild west coast of Vancouver Island #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
3 months
The Emerald Dragon ... The night sky was alive & dancing wondrously, wildly, magically, just ridiculously earlier this month . I'm thinking of printing this pretty big on aluminum - maybe up to "60"x48" #onlyinwhistler @WhistlerBlckcmb
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David McColm
6 months
The full moon rises over the Coast Mountains of BC during a moonrise heli-shoot a few years ago #whistler #onlyinwhistler
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David McColm
10 months
The Hunter's Moon dropped into 'the gap' right on queue #thismorning #ucluelet #HuntersMoon
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David McColm
4 months
Meteor & Milky Way reflections on Lost lake, Whistler, BC #whistler
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David McColm
2 months
Last light, last night, was so right! #sunset #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
8 months
My first sunrise of 2024 from Ucluelet, BC. Here's wishing it to be a harbinger of good things to come #peace #love #health #laughter
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David McColm
7 months
Moonrise over the Coast Mountains of BC #nearwhistler #themountainsnotthemoon
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David McColm
7 months
Just another stunning sunrise from the shore of Ucluelet, BC #thismorning #vancouverisland
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David McColm
5 months
The waves were back today - so much fun was had! #ucluelet #tofino #PRNPR
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David McColm
4 years
Comet Neowise in & around Tofino, BC continues to impress ... and change from night to night! Here's to getting out as often as possible to enjoy (and shoot) this stunning & rare deep sky event! @tourism_tofino @HelloBC @StormHour #NEOWISE
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2 years
I finally went out (this morning) to shoot Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). While I could maybe/possibly see it with my eye, I was easily able to 'see it' with my camera. Tech stuff: Nikon Z6, 70-200 f/2.8, 10sec, ISO 8000, f/2.8 #CometZTF #ucluelet #nikon
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David McColm
9 months
So off @SandraBenassini & I went this afternoon to capture the full moonrise from the @PacificRimNPR It did not disappoint! #tofino #ucluelet
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David McColm
1 year
I went out to shoot the sunrise this morning and got 'distracted' by 6 to 8 orcas including the cutest calf! #ucluelet #tofino #BC
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David McColm
4 months
The full 'pink' moonrise from Ucluelet, BC
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David McColm
11 months
Maybe my favourite west coast season of the year is back - big wave season! #bcstorm #tofino #ucluelet
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David McColm
4 months
Wild & stunning aurora action over Whistler last week. This is the first time lapse I've processed (of 27 I captured) of this memorable night! #onlyinwhistler @WhistlerBlckcmb @TamithaSkov
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David McColm
3 years
This morning I was "thunderstruck" and was fortunate to finally capture the holy grail of shots (for me) on the west coast #ucluelet @TourismUcluelet @weathernetwork #ACDC #lightning #bewell
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6 months
This morning's sunrise, 'stacked' from 600 photos #ucluelet
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David McColm
5 months
Good night from Ucluelet, BC #thebirds
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David McColm
2 years
Storm waves are back! Yesterday was a very fun day! #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
11 months
During storm season the west coast of Vancouver Island morphs into this beautiful, powerful & so stunning 'emerald coast' #tofino #ucluelet
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David McColm
4 years
To be able to see & shoot the stunning comet Neowise over Tofino, BC the last couple of days has been an incredible bucket-list experience & then last night it even came with a wee bit of aurora #justwow @TamithaSkov @tourism_tofino @HelloBC @StormHour #cometNEOWISE
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David McColm
6 months
Good night from Ucluelet, BC 🇨🇦
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David McColm
8 months
It’s a wavy day! #ucluelet #bcstorm
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David McColm
10 months
A Mt. Baker alpenglow from Nanoose Bay, BC where I captured this stunning moment earlier this month #MtBaker
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David McColm
5 months
This morning's moonrise from Ucluelet, BC
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David McColm
4 months
Moody light & sky last night from the shore of Vancouver Island #Tofino #ucluelet
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David McColm
2 years
Waves, waves & more wondrous west coast waves! #thisweek #emeraldcoast #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
10 months
The full moonrise last night from the @PacificRimNPR was pretty darn spectacular! @tourism_tofino @TourismUcluelet #HuntersMoon #alpenglow
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David McColm
6 months
Mt. Baker shines bright during a heli flight over the Coast Mountains of BC #whistler
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David McColm
9 months
Last night's sunset was just WOW! For something different, this is a composite of 50 photos from a 1600 photo time lapse. #ucluelet #BC #tofino
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David McColm
8 months
Last light over the Pacific Ocean & good night from the west coast of Vancouver Island #tofino #ucluelet #surfer
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David McColm
4 months
Whistler on Saturday morning ... this image is captured with a fisheye lens shooting vertically and I still didn't come close to including the light show higher up! #Auroraborealis #onlyinwhistler Whistler Blackcomb
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David McColm
1 year
Summer solstice last light, last night #ucluelet #tofino #vancouverisland
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David McColm
2 years
These lunar corona photos were captured over two separate months in 2020 from the Whistler area. To be able to experience this phenomena two months in a row was pretty mind-blowing! #whistler #BC
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7 months
Good night from a heli trip many years ago looking out over the Howe Sound #squamish #stawamuschief #fastheli #fastcar
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David McColm
9 months
Some wave action from the west coast of Vancouver Island today #bcstorm
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David McColm
2 years
Lunar Explosion ... I captured this 'explosive' & wondrous moment from the Whistler valley with a long lens #whistler
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David McColm
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I just love experiencing & photographing wild shorebreaks like this! #tofino #ucluelet #PRNPR #vancouverisland #lastyear
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David McColm
5 months
Different night (1 hr ago), same location as last night ... just another magical west coast sunset #ucluelet #BC
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David McColm
9 months
We went out for a morning "moon chase" and look what we found ... the setting full 'Beaver Moon' #ucluelet #vancouverisland #BeaverMoon
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David McColm
5 years
Gotta love a wife who wears a dress all day to a winter Chilean eclipse so when her husband says it's "go time", she's ready (but maybe not super-keen) to run right into the Pacific. Let's just say, I owe her :) #2019solareclipse @StormHour @TamithaSkov @weathernetwork
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