Monday 26 December 2016

My Favourite Photos of 2016

Each year I try and choose my favourite images of the year. Many are to be found in my online portfolio on Smugmug.

January:

CCGS Cape Roger passing the George's Island lighthouse.

CCGS Cape Roger in sea smoke.

Rock in ice, Peggy's Cove.

Fishing boat heading out, Peggy's Cove.

Dartmouth Common gate.

Departing container ship.

February:

Locomotives in a snow storm, Datmouth, NS.

March:

Nova Centre.

Nova Centre.
April:

Tower crane reflected on the glass of Nova Centre.
May:

Herring fleet.
In May, we took the family on vacation to Ontario for two weeks. I still haven't processed all the images, but I did process my photos of the National Art Gallery in Ottawa.

National Art Gallery.

National Art Gallery.

National Art Gallery.

View of the North Shore of the St. Lawrence.

Tug escorting a containership in the fog.
June:

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's Dorothea.


July:

Wooden sailboat in Lunenburg, shot on Tri-X film.

Sealing the glass panes of Nova Centre. Shot on Tri-X film.

Nova Centre.
The Columbian Navy's sail training vessel A.R.C. GLORIA was in port in July.

Crewmenber standing on the bowsprit.

Gloria silhouetted against a rising sun. One of those times that the shot from my phone outshines the one from my actual camera.

A portion of Gloria's crew gathered on the pier.

Coiled rope on the deck of Gloria.
August:

I liked the way how the sky reflected on the glass of this building.
Our second family vacation of the year was spent on the South Shore, mostly between Lunenburg and Lockport.

Sunset at White Point Beach. The Resort has changed a lot since a summer job there in about 1995.

Kelp washed ashore on a beach. Hirtles, Rissers, or (Lockport's) Crescent Beach - I don't immediately remember.

Foam on a beach.

In all the beauty of Blue Rocks, I pointed my camera at some of the smaller details.

Hay loft of a horse barn in Lunenburg.

Blue Rocks, NS.

Scaffolding going up on a building in Halifax.
September:

Bow of the Bluenose (version 2.5) reflecting on a calm Halifax Harbour.
One of my favourite little spots on the Halifax Waterfront was the pool behind the bridge beside Cable Wharf, where sunny days would usually promise some nice reflections like the one below. This area is currently being infilled as part of the Queen's Marque project. Too bad.

I almost walked right by this Great Blue Heron on the Halifax Waterfront. 
October:

SACKVILLE on the evening of Nocturne, the art festival at night.

An art installation in the Halifax Central Library on the evening of Nocturne.
November:

Construction continues on The Roy.
December:

CCGS Edward Cornwallis at dusk.

December brought our first really cold temperatures, along with the sea smoke that I like to photograph at least once a year. Ten minutes on the upper deck of the ferry was enough for me, however. 
A business trip to Ottawa gave me the opportunity to capture the light show projected onto the Parliament Buildings.


I caught the light show during a light snow, so you could see the trails of light from the projector.

The light show consisted of an audio-visual animation show.
In the lead-up to Christmas, Via Rail puts on an extra train each day so that you can take a train up to Truro and come back the same day. We decided to take the family, so the kids could have their first train ride.

Via Rail's "The Ocean" train at the end of the line in Halifax.
I have separately collected my favourite Royal Canadian Navy images in this post.


My Favourite Navy Photos of 2016

Each year I try and choose my favourite images of the year. The following are my favourite Navy related images of the year, mostly RCN with a couple of RCAF and foreign images thrown in. Most are to be found in my RCN gallery on Smugmug.

January:

HMCS ATHABASKAN.

RCAF CH-148 Cyclone.

HMCS ATHABASKAN in the fog.
March:

HMCS KINGSTON heading out past George's Island.
April:

RCAF CH-124 Sea King.

Ex-PROTECTEUR arriving in Liverpool for breaking up. © George McClearn.
May:

All of my May images are from the Battle of the Atlantic ceremony onboard HMCS MONTREAL.

HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN heading to s.

The RCN's ensign is lowered to half mast.

Committal ceremony.

Heaving a messenger line on our return to the Dockyard.
June:

HMCS ATHABASKAN.

HMCS GOOSE BAY and Tribute Tower (the new Junior Ranks Mess and Accommodation building) in the background.

SACKVILLE arriving on the waterfront for the 2016 season.
July:

HMCS SUMMERSIDE.

HMCS SUMMERSIDE.

SACKVILLE resting on a calm morning.
August:

RCAF CH-148 Cyclone.
September:

HMC Ships GOOSE BAY and SUMMERSIDE.

HMCS ST. JOHN'S hitching a lift.
September saw an international fleet gather in Halifax for Exercise Cutlass Fury, and the fleet participated in a sailpast when they departed.

The fleet sails out.

FNS LANGUEDOC. This class of ship is in the running for the new Canadian Surface Combatant.

ATHABASKAN's crew mans the rail.
October:

HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC in a rare October mist.

At the time the images was taken, these were the oldest two ships remaining in RCN commission. PRESERVER on the right was paid off within the month, and ATHABASKAN is scheduled to pay off next year.

HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC.

The sun rising behind SACKVILLE's gun shield.

HMCS ST. JOHN'S.

The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a new "Battle of the Atlantic" coin onboard HMCS SACKVILLE.

Second World War veterans posed with a mockup of the coin and the coin's artist. 

The Stadacona Band marches off the jetty after PRESERVER's paying off ceremony.

SACKVILLE pulling out from the waterfront to return to the Dockyard at the end of the season.

HMCS ATHABASKAN.
December:

HMCS ATHABASKAN.

Ex-ALGONQUIN and IROQUOIS, together once more, await their fate.
I have separately collected my favourite images of 2016 in this post.