Over the last couple of days, it has been a little bit foggy. Apparently it is caused by warm air that has moved in from the south. When this warm air contacts snow or cool moist ground conditions, it becomes cool, the dew point rises, which then creates humidity followed by fog ~ there yae go ….
The following pics where taken this morning down at a very quiet, still and foggy LaHave River.
With the tide on its way out, the sky bright and blue, I had great wander at Rissers Beach. I always find those bright and slightly chilly winter outings to the beach are the best. In such conditions, everything always seems fresh, clean and extremely pleasing …
Recently the empire has seen an increase in the number of visits by the local deer. I would say that during the first five years in the house it was extremely rare to see any, perhaps at most one or two on a couple of occasions a year. A few weeks ago, there were eight wandering around at the back of the house, which so far is a domestic record. This afternoon three came to visit. At one point I thought a couple of them were poised to knock at the back door.
It is nice always nice to see them, but I would appreciate their visits so much more, if they could help keep the grass perfectly trimmed during the summer ….
I was on my way to the islands this afternoon in bright sunshine, blue sky with low puffy clouds, and thought that it would be a good opportunity for black and white pics. In addition to the selection of monochrome, I also decided to experiment with my ND1000 Neutral Density Filter, which resulted in exposures of anything between 15 to 30 seconds.
