Hazy memories

At times we doubt our memories. Usually after a pretty good evening. The haze I am talking about here is of a different kind. This one is not as disconcerting.

At sunrise

Atmospheric haze forms when low on the ground it is colder than higher up. At least that is one way for it to form.

East coast rocks

Everybody knows that east coasts are usually calmer and more easily inhabitable. Right? East coasts are usually the green coasts, where no storm ever hits and the fields simply turn to beaches and then into the ocean.

Western Head fury from Hurricane Fiona

The first week

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.

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So for this post, I went digging into my archives to find (presentable) pictures from the first week of December.

Maritime colour

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.

Liverpool

But there is way more, both in natural colours and man-made colours. Let’s have a little tour…

Wider!

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.

Queens County, NS

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”.