When the tide at Botanical Beach is low, another world, rarely seen, opens up for the photographer. Here in the intertidal zone, you will explore tide pools teeming with sea life - snails, chitons, sea anemones, sea urchins, and starfish. As you walk along the beach keep your eyes peeled for geologically interesting shale ridges. If you are lucky you may see large aquatic mammals passing by in the ocean. While Botanical Beach provides ample opportunities to capture loads of nature photographs, this field trip will be of interest to creative photographers searching for interesting backgrounds and black and while photographers who are hoping to capture abstract images. Bring along a wide angle, macro, and long lenses as there is a nearly infinite number of possibilities for image capture on this trip. A polarizing filter will be especially helpful if you wish to try to capture images through water and into the pools. A polarizer will also cut glare on shallow ponds left on rocks by the receding tide. As always, a tripod will be invaluable particularly if you are attempting to shoot macro and low light shots. This trip will leave from Helmecken Road Park and Ride at 7:00 am on June 17th. As always, carpooling will be done when we are at the park and ride. Following the two hour drive to Botanical Beach, we will meet again in the parking lot to begin our 15-minute walk to the beach. Low tide will be around 10:32 am. Vehicles will start the return to Victoria at 3:00 pm, arriving around 5:00 pm. Please bring along layers. For lunch, you can bring along one of your own or join us at The Renfrew Pub in Port Renfrew. delete