For some, this week is the first week of winter, while for others, like me, winter is still three weeks away. It all depends on how your country has set up its seasons. The first week of December is, in most cases, a week of wintry weather.
So for this post, I went digging into my archives to find (presentable) pictures from the first week of December.
When you think of Nova Scotia, you think “green”. It’s lush and colourful, predominantly green. But what about any other colours? Ok, blue and grey are for the sky and the ocean, and that’s often the extent of the colour range imagined.
But there is way more, both in natural colours and man-made colours. Let’s have a little tour…
The dream of any landscape photographer is to go out and catch the essence of all of his or her surroundings, preferably in one image. So we go “wider” and wider. Wide-angle lenses are getting more abundant in the photography closet and we are never happy with the lenses we have.
When I had a Nikon D7100, the widest lens I had was a Sigma 10-20mm. It looked great, it was a good lens until it encountered a rocky path. The next was a Tamron 11-16mm. It is still very good, but “not as wide”.
On the prairies, when it is windy, there is hardly anything to see except dust and bent trees, depending on the force of the wind. Near the ocean, this is different.
But Nova Scotia is on the east side of the ocean, so most winds are going offshore, not creating any huge waves in the process.
So, when the wind comes from the east, it’s time to
When I lived in Halifax, a trip to the boardwalk was more than a weekly outing. There is always something to see and hear there. Yet for the past 3 years, I have managed to go there only a handful of times.
So when this past weekend it was time for Halifax again, I decided to make the outing again.