Today is a really cold and raw day so I took the time to go down to the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic and get my yearly pass. While I was there I noticed that the Theresa E. Connor has had here winter coat removed and they are gushing up the old girl so I too a shot of her.
A little further down the line I managed a shot of two less spectacular fishing vessels.
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Today is cloudy and dark but I still went out for a walk. I ended up down at the Dory Shop and they had installed the propellers on a new schooner they are building. Once the schooner is in the water the propellers will not be seen. Today was a good day to get a close up of it. So here is a detail of a detail.
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Two think have arrived the Lupins and my Nikon.
The Nikon is now all fit to take pictures and what better to try it out on than some flowers in the bottom field.
The lupins are here about a month early. Every year in Nova Scotia they seem to bloom sooner and sooner so maybe it is an anecdotal evidence for Global warming or just an anomaly. Lupins in Nova Scotia re weeds, weed in a sense they are everywhere. While some places have their dandelions we have our lupins , that is not to say we don’t have dandelions just that we had lupins. Unlike dandelions my wife cultivates and encourages these beauties in the lower field.
Abstract Lupin
My problem with lupins is that I have taken may image of them and some very dynamic but I have never taken and image of them that I am totally satisfied with. The great thing about photography is there is always something to strive for.
Lupin and Friend?
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I got my D300 back from Nikon and all is good. Not only did they fix the bad, but also they cleaned the sensor and did an over all cleaning of the camera. The great news is that Nikon came in way under the estimate. I am now a happy camper again as the camera feels and behaves as if it were brand new.
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Today I did my duty. I spent my afternoon at the art gallery glad handing art lovers and trying to make sales. At times things were very quiet and that is when I got a chance to explored. There was this wonderful piece, well a leather jacket, with at least four trolls living in it. I have no idea what it was intended for but if I had a place for it I would have bought it as it struck my funny bone. But I am crazy like that. The next best thing was to take a few images of it.
