Here is a photo to go with the last one, this time from the other side of Cabot Tower so it shows the Christmas Star that was put on it for the holidays.
Month: January 2013
St John’s Pano
Here is another photo from the trip up Signal Hill. This time it’s a “proper” panoramic. Instead of cropping down a file I used my tripod and a wide angle lens to get a sweep across the view and then combined the 4 best shots into a panoramic in Photoshop Elements. I like the result and think I’ll try to do this more often, especially since my old 40D doesn’t have the pixels to crop down. I have another taken from the other side of the tower that I might post later.
On a side note we had a big blizzard last week followed by 3 or 4 days of thaw so despite the 50 cms that fell in one day we no longer have much snow. It’s gotten cold again so hopefully we’ll get some nice fresh snow and I’ll be able to get some more winter panoramics’.
St John’s Snow
We went up Signal Hill last weekend at the end of the Christmas holidays to take some photos of the city with snow on the ground. Initially I wanted to take photos of Cabot Tower with the star still lit up but the sunset over the city was nicer.
This is the start of real winter. it was -8 with a windchill of -18 according to the radio. That’s only the beginning, we are forecast to have the first winter storm of the year this week, up to 70cms of snow on Thursday. It should be interesting.
St Johns Fireworks
Here’s a quick photo of the star on Cabot Tower up on Signal Hill with the New Years fireworks from Quidi Vidi beside it. I took this with a new tripod I got for Christmas which is lighter and more portable. The old one was a good quality sturdy tripod but too awkward to carry around when I was walking. A smaller one might not be as sturdy but I’ll use it more now I can bring it with me. It’s something I needed for my landscape photos and I’m hoping to get more night and long exposure photos as well.
On top of that I recently replaced my water damaged Sigma 18-200 with a new Sigma 18-250. It might not be the best quality lens in my bag but it’s useful to have a lens with that flexibility.