Fall colours with a 10-Stop Reduction …

With no wind, overcast conditions and the fall colours at their peak, I thought it would be a good idea to dust off the ND Filters and try some more experimenting.

The photos are all taken with the ND 1000 (10-Stop Reduction) just along the road at the Islands and Rissers.

I am not sure if the long exposures add anything to the fall colours, but they do smooth out the water.

3 seconds exposure at F8

4 seconds exposure at F8

2 seconds exposure at F8

6 seconds exposure at F8

4 seconds exposure at F8

2 seconds exposure at F8

13 seconds exposure at F16

10 seconds exposure at F16

10 seconds exposure at F16

20 seconds exposure at F13

13 seconds exposure at F16

15 seconds exposure at F16

13 seconds exposure at F14

Enjoying the Fall Colours

The last couple of days have been out and about admiring the fall colours. In other years we have left it too late or been cheated out by the wind and rain stripping the trees of their colours.

The pics below taken within our local area are of the LaHave Islands and Mahone Bay. The others are from the Annapolis Valley at the Canning Look Off with the Bay of Fundy in the distance and Halls Harbour at low tide, it has a 40ft tide range.

Scotland 2019 part 8 ~ A day in Glasgow

Our final full day in Scotland was spent in the beautiful City of Glasgow. For decades the city had a reputation for poverty, crime, social issues and over-crowding, but today Glasgow is a clean, vibrant, cultured and trendy location which now openly attracts students and visitors from all over the world.

During my apprenticeship years of the late 1970’s, I attended two colleges in the city. It was a time when the Glasgow was not particularly pleasing to the eye and the air was thick with diesel fumes. During those days while walking from the grubby Central (train) Station to college, my eyes never really left ground level, the magnificent Glasgow architecture was barely noticeable under the grime of that time.

Today with enormous pride, I can boast it is not difficult to see how Glasgow has completely transformed itself; it is a beacon of how change can happen and reputations reversed.

We started our day at the Glasgow City Chambers, an eminent example of Victorian civic architecture, the building was constructed between 1882 and 1888 with materials from all over Scotland and the world.

After the magnificence of the City Chamber’s, we wandered around the city, taking our eyes well above ground level to admire just some of the beautiful buildings which today makes Glasgow such an attractive and appealing city.

The statue of the Duke of Wellingston in Royal Exchange Square with a traffic cone on his head, it has now become a permanant feature and tourist attraction

Not the Tardis, but an old Police Box in Buchanan Street, it is used as a shop during the summer months

We departed the city via the Central Station; originally opened on 1 August 1879, it currently serves just under 33 million passengers a year and is the twelfth-busiest railway station in Britain and the busiest in Scotland. During the early 2000’s the station was completely refurbished and now looks absolutely wonderful.

The famous meeting place ~ Under the Clock"

Well that was a little bit of “Scotland 2019”, now the Westjet aircraft awaited us …

All that is left to say, is an old Scottish toast, lightly ironic in its tone, but reflecting quite a strong sense of Scottish specialness ~ 

"Here's tae us. Wha's like us? Damn few, and they're a'deid."

Haste Ye Back ….