Twilight Photography (Ottawa, Ontario)

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In 2008, I visited Ottawa and made an image of this bridge, but that one was in the winter, with snow and ice...so with free time for photography available on this trip, I felt I should redo it in the summer.

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The view back from the space overlooking the river permitted a nice juxtaposition of the state of Champlain and the Houses of Parliament.

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The last set of photographs of the night were of the giant spider about the set upon the National Gallery (another repeated image - this time with less success)

Fort No 1 (Levis, Quebec)

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Though this trip was focused on social elements (visiting with friends), as soon as I saw a sign for "Fort No. 1", I had to go. It turned out to be right up my alley - an 18th & 19th century fortification with full visitor access, and even permission to use tripods.

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A few of the original guns were still emplaced - all aimed towards the US border, as the assumed assault would come from across that line.

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By far my favourite setting in Fort No. 1 was the gun emplacements that looked into the moat - the light in the space was wonderful (though I still wish there had been a way to turn off the modern lighting).

Night Light (Levis, Quebec)

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Though it was lightly drizzling, the water & light show in the shore of Levis was still running - past it, across the river, lay Quebec City.

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This was the view from our hotel window - I composited 7 images together to get the maximum traffic...Levis isn't very busy at night, apparently.

Kings Landing (Fredericton, New Brunswick)

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A living museum, King's Landing is a photographer's paradise, with lots to photograph, and no issue with permission or objections (as long as one avoids photographing the other visitors).

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This visit presented some challenges, as I was photographing hand-held; in this case, I was working with my tilt-shift lens, and used the in-camera level to ensure I had not distortion.

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Sometimes a human element makes all the difference to an image!

Night & Low Light Field Trup #3

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Photo 101 Field Trip

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Star Trails at Peggy's Cove

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2017 Natal Day Fireworks (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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After the near-perfect night of the Sunday Tall Ships fireworks, the Halifax Natal Day fireworks were threatened by low-lying cloud and impending rain. Never the less, they went ahead on schedule. With a very different vantage point (from the roof of our apartment building), I photographed these with the same refocusing technique I'd use with previous firework displays.

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Overall, the low-lying cloud caused some issues with the photography - several of the large bursts were 1/2 hidden by the clouds, and with my distant vantage point, the low-bursting fireworks were partially obscured by smoke.

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In the end, I added 6 or so new firework images to my collection; an interesting realization is how different the JPEG files I am posting here look from the original in Lightroom - even after a severe lightening of the shadows, the images posted here look harsh and murky...making me thing I will have to print and exhibit these sometime, to realize the full potential of the images.

Photo 101 Field Trip (Public Gardens)

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Tall Ships Fireworks (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

This was actually my second night trying for the tall ships fireworks; the first night was fogged out. The good thing about that was that I knew where I wanted to be on the second night, so when it ended up being a warm, clear night, I was on the pier, waiting for the show to start.

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The first image was the only one with light on the tall ship in the foreground...as soon as the fireworks began, they turned off their lights...but I was 30 second into an exposure when they began the show, so I had some ambient light on the ship to go with the first volley of fireworks.

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From there forward, it was image after image, for over 200 frames...as the show progressed the sky filled with smoke, but as it took on the colours of the show, it wasn't that bad.

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The low-resolution files here don't show the full detail of these images, especially in the shadows, but they do give a good hint to how impressive the show was o made all the stronger for the tall ship in the foreground!