It has been a long time since I went out in the dark to shoot the night sky. Skies here in Nova Scotia are more often than not covered by a layer of “something”. Lately, that has been smoke from forest fires, before it was the usual clouds.
Add to that that shooting the night sky from the same beaches over and over again is somewhat boring, and you end up with me not going to shoot in the night. So, a few days ago we decided to spend a night at a campground.
Summertime. Time of heat, heatwaves, thunderstorms and lazy days on the water. Recently, I went on a trip to Brier Island, Nova Scotia. For those who know, those trips are whale-watching trips.
Personally, I don’t care for fishing, even if my life depended on it. No, I like to watch them, see what they are up to and so on. Photography for this comes in second.
Yeah, just a direction. Or an origin. When I lived in the Netherlands, “southwest” usually meant rain and hard wind. Nothing good comes from the southwest.
As you should now know, I live in Nova Scotia, one of the smaller provinces in Canada. While the province may be small, the distances are still quite extensive.
The past few weeks have been full of auroral promises. Not many have come true. So, for those who are in dire need of some aurora, here are some pictures of a previous solar storm result.
For sure, these pictures have been treated somewhat, although nothing was done to make them look unnatural.
Summer is coming. Sounds much better than “Winter is coming”, right? Unless you have heard this for weeks already, and nothing shows up. A few nicer days here and there, entombed in sheets of rain, fog and hard wind.
But it is always a pleasure to go out in one of those dry downpours, if only for a few hours.