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Doug Koke

@douglaskoke.bsky.social

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Photographer, Cinematographer, Editor, Comedy Enthusiast, Hopeless Dork. Obsessed with music and movies. Currently residing on Canada’s soggiest island. 🇨🇦

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

Oof. Brutal.

Amazing series, though.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

We can’t do this to Geddy Lee.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

Extra innings? Sure, why n…

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, for fuck’s sake.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

Just enjoying some baseball.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

Ahahahahahahaha!

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

I’m going to stress-eat a pumpkin pie if this goes into extra innings.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 2d

Aggghhh! Nooo!
This is too close!
C’mon, Jays!

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 3d

More pics from the Chinook salmon run at Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River.

#photography #wildlifephotography #outdoors #nature #fish #animals #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia

A Chinook salmon appears to jump at the camera as it struggles to clear the first step of a salmon ladder in Skutz Falls Provincial Park.

A Chinook salmon jumps over the fish ladder.

Skutz Falls, and a chinook salmon as it makes its way up the fish ladder.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 3d

Shots from the Chinook salmon run happening at Skutz Falls, in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island.

#photography #wildlifephotography #landscape #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #cowichan #fish #animals

A chinook salmon leaping up a fish ladder at Skutz Falls Provincial Park

Split image with two Chinook salmon jumping at Skutz Falls on the Cowichan River

Sunlight filters over the Cowichan River.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 4d

I went to Skutz Falls today to photograph the salmon spawn in the Cowichan River.

Took a gazillion photos. Will be thrilled if 9 of them are in focus.
These dudes DO NOT cooperate.

A photo of the rear LED screen on a camera, showing a picture of a leaping salmon that by some utter miracle is semi-well-composed and mostly on focus.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 10d

Last batch of photos from a photo walk I took along the Sidney Pier last week. All the little animal buddies were out, enjoying the sun.

#photography #wildlifephotography #landscape #animals #riverotter #otter #cormorant #bird #harborseal #seal #sidneyBC #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia

A mischievous river otter pokes his head out of a freshwater drainpipe to see if the coast is clear.

A river otter gives himself a shake to dry off a bit.

A common cormorant flies just inches about the water. Below is a long-exposure shot of the Sidney Fish Market, about 30 minutes before sunset.

One of Sidney's regular harbor seal visitors-- a big chubmarine that locals call "Princess".

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 10d

A few more images I took at the Sidney Pier earlier this week.
One of the seals who habitually hangs out near the fish market had a pup. Locals have named him Turbo.

#photography #wildlifephotography #marinelife #sidneyBC #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #harborseal #seal #baldeagle #eagle #bird

A pair of bald eagles, perched on an old telephone during golden hour.

A bald eagle tilts its head as it looks out over the Sidney Pier, looking for fish.

The Sidney Pier has two or three resident harbor seals, who show up every day like clockwork. One of them-- a female who locals call "Princess" -- had a pup, who people have named "Turbo".

A closeup of a harbor seal pup at the Sidney Pier. Locals have named this little dude "Turbo". It fits.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 12d

You guys have absolutely amazing wildlife. Look how colorful those birds are! Wow! You definitely need to bust that camera out again!

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

I was trying hard to get some shots of a cute little mink this weekend, but that thing was way too cagey and fast for me. Wouldn’t sit still long enough to even bring my lens in line.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

Hey, thanks! I’ve been trying to motivate myself to quit being lazy and go shoot more!

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

Two last sunset details— just because sunsets get kinda rare here in the largely overcast fall and winter in the #PNW.

#photography #landscape #sunset #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

More images from a photo stroll last night in Sidney.

A little juvenile seal cruises around the Sidney Pier, near the Fish Market.

A river otter gets ready to dive from the rocks into the ocean.

A bald eagle prepares for takeoff atop a derelict telephone pole.

A pale, misty sunset at the Sidney Airport.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

Took a little photo stroll at the Sidney Pier after work today, and got some nice images of seals, eagles, a rock crab, and my favorite: river otters.

#photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #vancouverisland #sidneybc #britishcolumbia #otter #eagle #harborseal #rockcrab

A bald eagle roosts on a telephone pole, backlit by the setting sun.

A curious harbor seal surfaces by the Sidney Fish Market, looking for scraps.

A rock crab tries to escape a fisherman who was crabbing at the Sidney Pier.

A cagey river otter sticks his head out from his hiding place to see if the coast is clear. I love these guys— everything they let do is like a bank heist comedy.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks! It’s maybe my third or fourth time catching one in flight. I have a zillion images of eagles roosting, but I’ve had bad luck catching them flying. I was pretty stoked!

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

I was there for 9 hours last Thursday and saw no bears whatsoever. I went back on Friday morning at dawn, walked maybe 150 feet from the trailhead and — hey, look! — a bear!

Later, I drove back home to Saanich, and there was a big chubby bear on the road 2kms from my house.

Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

More photos from a trip to Stamp River Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.

#wildlifephotography #photography #nature #animals #wildlife #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia #blackbear #heron #salmon

Black bears and coho salmon, during the tail end of the annual coho salmon spawn.

A heron stretches its neck before taking flight above the Stamp River.

Autumn textures found in Stamp River Provincial Park: green ferns, giant gold maple leaves, foaming river water, and thick green moss, sprouting mushrooms.

Black bears, looking for coho salmon in the Stamp River.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 13d

Some photos I shot last week in Stamp River Provincial Park, near Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island.

#photography #wildlife #bears #heron #baldeagle #animals #nature #britishcolumbia #vancouverisland #wildlifephotography

A heron sits in patch of bright green moss on a high bank of the Stamp River.

A black bear searches for coho salmon on their way to spawn in the Stamp River.

Long-exposure shot of rapids above the Stamp River Falls, as well as the salmon ladder, and a jumping coho salmon.

A bald eagle takes to the air above the Stamp River, on Vancouver Island.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · 20d

For anyone who hasn’t seen it, the documentary Drew: The Man Behind The Poster is really good. Very sweet and heartwarming.

I don’t know if it’s on any other streaming platform, but there seems to be at least one copy of it on YouTube now.

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Doug Koke @douglaskoke.bsky.social · Sep 26

(Relentlessly whistling Brand New Key, waggling eyebrows)