Photography in the Snow

 As a Trustee, I went to lunch in HMCS Sackville within the Dockyard on Friday during the first snowstorm of the year, and then decided to walk home after lunch via the bridge before going back to work from home. This provided some interesting photographic opportunities, all of which I decided to convert to high contrast black and white.

Sackville herself looked pretty in the snow.

HMCS Charlottetown alongside MV Asterix for refuelling.

Charlottetown and another frigate alongside in Dockyard during the snow.

The bridge itself similarly caught my eye.

The view from mid-span looking back towards Halifax.

Looking back towards Halifax from the Dartmouth bridge tower.

The views on the Dartmouth side of the bridge were also nice.

Windmill Road.

Shore Drive and the Harbour Pilot base on the Dartmouth shore.

Houses on Windmill Road.

Landscape view of Windmill Road.

It was a long slog across the bridge in the snow, but ultimately worth it for the photos.

A walk in the whirling snow

With a blizzard falling on Nova Scotia this afternoon, I had the opportunity to break out the camera for my walk home. I have only managed to time this right perhaps once or twice a winter over the last few years. For some reason, I seem to invariably convert these images to black and white - perhaps so I can safely increase the contrast without making the colours seem odd. 

Some of my images from this afternoon:

Halifax Central Library.

Nova Centre under construction, as seen through an arch.

The Grafton tunnel under Nova Centre. A slow shutter speed nicely blurred the passage of snow flakes.

Argyle Street in the snow, near the Carleton.

Commuters evacuating the downtown via Lower Water Street.

Alderney marshalling yard.

One of the gates to Leighton Dillman Park (aka Dartmouth Common).

Trees on Dartmouth Common.

Plus, one of my favourites from last year:

A bus leaving the Metro Transit bridge terminal in Dartmouth.

Now, all I have to do is shovel it all out of the driveway tomorrow morning. I'm not entirely sure it is worth it!