Cape Spear Fog

CapeSpearFog-1I finally got out for a few hours to take photos at the weekend. We had a beautiful sunny weekend in St John’s so yesterday we decided to take a sunny Sunday drive out to Cape Spear to take some photos. Cape Spear is the most easterly point of North America and just about 15km from St John’s. It might as well have been 1500 km as we drove from sun into a fog bank perched over Cape Spear. When we parked in the the car park we couldn’t even see the lighthouse itself. It’s amazing how two extremes of weather can be so close to each other. Still I got out and made the best of it to get some photos of the lighthouse in the fog.

 

Fort Amherst

FortAmherst-1Here is a photo of the lighthouse at Fort Amherst. The fort was originally built in 1770 but this lighthouse was built in 1951. I couldnt get down into the fortifications themselves  since the gates were locked but I’m told they are opened during the summer so hopefully I can get out there again.

 

Cabot Tower Star

SignalHillStar-1Here is another square photo done in a similar style to the last one. It’s also old but I don’t think I posted it before as I was looking for a style that worked with this shot.

We also adopted a dog, Finn. At 5 months old he’s a handful at the moment but hopefully once he calms down a little I’ll be able to try to get him to sit for a photo, assuming he ever calms down.

 

Cabot Tower

signalHill-1It’s been a while since I’ve had my camera out but I thought I should upload one photo I’ve been playing with. This one is of Cabot Tower and Signal Hill from across the narrows. It’s a bit darker than other photos I’ve uploaded lately but I preferred the dark version to the lighter one.

The reason for my absence from this blog was we finally moved into our own home. Since moving to Newfoundland we’ve been living in an apartment but at the end of last month we closed on a house and moved in. Now we’ve finally got the space to do what we want and I’ve been able to unpack my old cameras. I’d like to eventually set up a proper darkroom in the basement and get back into film but one step at a time, I’ll settle for getting an office space with a clear desk set up first.

 

Battery Pano

batteryPano-1Here is a pano of The Battery at the entrance of the harbour to St John’s. A rocky piece of land that people built houses on despite the seemingly dangerous location. It makes for one of the more interesting places to photo especially from across the Narrows on the way to Fort Amhurst. In all the time I’ve spent visiting St John’s and now living there I had never found my way across to there until last week.

 

The Gut

TheGut-1For the first time in years I’m not in Dublin or even Ireland for St Patricks Day. I always enjoyed going in to take photos of the parade and the festivities but not this year. Now I’m in Newfoundland and while they do celebrate St Patricks Day here it’s not the same. Not that it’s bad just not the same photo opportunities, but seeing how I’ve been taking the same parade photos for years maybe it’s good to change things up a little.

We’ll go out later to meet some friends for food and a few St Patricks Dat drinks so I thought I should get a photo up now while I have the chance. This is another Quidi Vidi photo. This time it’s the entrance to “The Gut” in B&W.