January Collage

Northern Pintail

A male Northern Pintail from the park today. A grey day, we're supposed to get a snowstorm tomorrow so I might have some snow pictures to share.

Abstract

I'm not sure I like this shot. A bit of soap/water residue in a brandy glass (the first time this glass has been out of the cupboard). Colour adjusted in PSP.

Snow

Taken with my 75-300mm zoom lens. Kids are sliding on whatever hills they can find. In spite of St. John's being a hilly city, there are not many places to go sliding.

Just a Boat

Just a boat in a small community called Portugal Cove. A grey day here today, not much colour in the photo so I changed it to B&W.

Magic Marker

I was working on some "blue" shots for the current challenge at DPC. I had this idea in my mind but I wasn't pleased with how it turned out. It's over exposed and no matter how many times I tried, I couldn't get it to look right.

Remotely Controlled

Does everyone else have as many remote controls as we do? These were just the ones I took from the family room, I am sure there are more in the house.

Icy Dock

Another ice picture from yesterday.

Ice

The high winds and cold temperatures we had 2 days ago meant a lot of ice along the coast. Today I drove about an hour to photograph the icy scenes. This ice was all caused by the ocean water spraying over the shed and dock.

Pasta

Just trying out different ways of photographing pasta, these were 2 of my favourite shots from my experiments.

Waves and Wind

Today was a very windy day with winds gusting from 100 to 120 kilometres per hour and Environment Canada issued a storm surge warning for our area. We decided to go for a drive to look at the waves! This photo was taken at St. Philip's beach, about 20 minutes from the city. I'm not sure why the person decided to park that close to the end of the wharf and get salt water sprayed all over his vehicle.

Home Sweet Home

Loretta posted a picture of her house on her blog so I thought I would do the same. It doesn't look very big from the front but it is over 2000 square feet on one level (not including the garage). My partner, Joe, and I had it custom built for ourselves and we've lived here since September 2002. We love the area, it is centrally located in the city, close to everything and it's a quiet neighbourhood, which we like. I'll admit this picture was taken yesterday, today we had a bit of snow and after clearing the driveway and walkway of snow I wasn't in the mood to take pictures.

Road to the Lighthouse

This is sort of the picture I wanted to submit to the DPC "Road" challenge. But the weather didn't co-operate and then I got sick, so I never got to take it. It was nice today and I was feeling a little bit better, so I drove to Cape Spear and took some pictures.

Mourning Dove

This Mourning Dove was in my back garden this afternoon. It's only the 3rd time I have seen a Mourning Dove in my garden or in Newfoundland. And one of those times was last week. I am assuming this is the same one. It's a little bit smaller than a pigeon and that's about all I know about Mourning Doves. Be thankful this showed up in my garden or my photo today might have been a box of tissues or something equally boring.

Remedies

When we're sick we try everything to help us feel better, at least I do. Most things don't really work and we have to just rest and let our bodies get over it naturally. But these "remedies" can help lessen the aches and pains a bit. I like to cover up in a warm blanket and read a book, drink plenty of liquids and hope I feel better soon. Of course I take the advice of my two nurse sisters and the little "Angel of Good Health" can't hurt, right?

Just Apples

Fake apples that I keep in a basket in my kitchen. I've done lots of shots with these apples, many better ones, but I am sick and this is the best I am going to do today.

Candle & Feather

I've taken pictures of this candle reflected in a mirror before, I thought I'd reshoot with this feather. It's a Snowy Owl's feather that I picked up off the ground at a nature park.

Crayon Colours

I guess I'm not the only one who buys things just so I can take pictures of them. I have no need for crayons but they were on sale and I knew I could take lots of pictures of them, so I got them.

Clouds Reflected

I took some pictures of the fishing boats across the harbour today, it was a mild 8ºC out with very little wind. I got a few nice pictures of the boats reflected in the water but my favourite is this picture of the cloud reflections. I would have preferred to include a little more of the boat but someone had an old t-shirt draped across it so I cropped it out.

Looking Out

In spite of another grey, cold day I had to get out and take some pictures. -1ºC and a wind-chill of -6ºC feels colder on Signal Hill. Overlooking the city on one side and the North Altantic on the other, it's a wonderful spot for sightseeing and taking pictures. And there is always someone on Signal Hill, no matter what the weather or time of day. These two people are looking out towards Fort Amherst, the lighthouse at the entrance to the St. John's Harbour. As you can see we have no snow which is unusual for this time of the year.