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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2011, 09:47:40 AM »
I was thinking the same thing as namvet.  They would make really good wallpaper. 
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2011, 11:27:11 AM »
And a few more old photos I found on my old computer...


^This is the road I live on however, it looks like every other dirt road in NS does:)

^The tide was on it's way out.





^My old car. I liked it more then most cars I've owned. I'm sure you can all figure out what happened to it in the end though...Perhaps I'll post a photo of that...

^heading home one night I decided to stop and take this.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #27 on: May 27, 2011, 11:37:47 AM »
Just wow Compaq.  I really do appreciate all of these pictures.  They pretty much solidified my previous desire to go see that area of the world. 
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #28 on: May 27, 2011, 01:12:52 PM »
Were you born and raised there ?  I may have missed that.

BEAUTIFUL area. I love the way it's kept. Something about those pictures remind me of somewhere.  :-)

My husband traced his roots to Nova Scotia. We are Acadians. He more so than I am. Still, we are both of that heritage and share a sister city love for your homeland.

A long time ago while on vacation in Grand Isle Louisiana, we met some people from Nova Scotia.  They only spoke French but understood Cajun French well.  The words were a little different but the thought was still the same.  Nicest people you could ever meet.

They had supper with us.  We laughed half the night.  They had a wonderful sense of humor. That memory has stayed with me all these years.

Again, nice pictures.
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Re:Random Pictures of NS and other pictures I've taken (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2011, 07:44:46 PM »
A few other pictures to upload. Most of the other stuff was a point a shoot digital camera however all in this post are photos I've taken on film. I'll list the type of film along with the photos. Most of these were scanned at 600DPI.

I also changed like title if possible as this is going to just be where I post most of the pictures I take from now on and not simply the province. (something like "Random Pictures of NS and other pictures I've taken (Not Dial up Safe!)" Would be good)

My black and white photos are all shot with Kodak BW400CN film which is a pain to get just right and as such B&W photos are often not as good as my colour ones.

I'm never happy with my black and white photos but I'll let you be the judge.


^One of the roads I drive on almost everyday, it's one of the ways in which I can get to town and the one I normally chose.


^Just part of the beach, the tide was coming in when this was taken. It was a very nasty, snowy day.


^I stopped at an old house to look around one day and though this might make an okay picture.


^Quite possibly the best photo of any car I've owned. This picture will cease to exist December 2012...  :-)


^This was taken with a  Zeiss Ikon Contina II.


^Looking off an overpass on Highway 101.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #30 on: August 17, 2011, 08:13:02 PM »
I recognize that "bottle" as one of those brass Coca-Cola bottles I've seen before.  I wonder what it is doing there.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #31 on: August 17, 2011, 08:15:40 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on August 17, 2011, 08:13:02 PM
I recognize that "bottle" as one of those brass Coca-Cola bottles I've seen before.  I wonder what it is doing there.

That photo was taken where they train Sea Cadets during the summer, so I imagine it washed in with the tide and one of them found it and put it there.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #32 on: August 17, 2011, 08:24:53 PM »
The first picture looks like a road rally stage.  If it were laid out landscape style, I'd ask you for a higher resolution image of it.  It would make a nice wallpaper. 

Also, are those call boxes along that stretch of highway?   
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #33 on: August 17, 2011, 08:58:10 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on August 17, 2011, 08:24:53 PM
The first picture looks like a road rally stage.  If it were laid out landscape style, I'd ask you for a higher resolution image of it.  It would make a nice wallpaper. 

Also, are those call boxes along that stretch of highway?   

Nah, just the back of a sign.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #34 on: August 17, 2011, 09:13:24 PM »
The Digby Gut one is the one I ripped for my wallpaper.   :-)
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #35 on: August 18, 2011, 08:24:04 AM »
We camped in NS for 3 days back in the early 1970s, mostly in Peggy's Cove. We want to go back some day.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #36 on: September 02, 2011, 05:37:34 PM »
None of these photos are much good, but I got my first DSLR (like) digital camera today! It was "broken" (I fixed it) and I got it for 10$. It's quite old but for that price I could not pass it up.

It's a Olympus E-10 with 4x optical zoom, a fast f/2.0 lens on the wide end and 4MP from I think 2000. Regardless, it's my first experience with a camera like this.

My Minolta will continue to be my main camera, but this one is very nice for when I just need something for unimportant/random things.

These were some test photos I took. I made them all smaller for the forum like always.








^I want to own this :(




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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #37 on: September 02, 2011, 10:02:37 PM »
What is the last one?  The MC 2???
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #38 on: September 02, 2011, 10:11:38 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on September 02, 2011, 10:02:37 PM
What is the last one?  The MC 2???

I wondered about that, too.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #39 on: September 02, 2011, 10:47:05 PM »
Great pictures, commy! ^5!

Dozens and dozens of those giant windmills have been installed here too. Unfortunately they weren't put out in the middle of nowhere as you pointed out. Here they run roughly in a line north/south and right through the heart of the local Amish area which makes for some very weird landscapes.

"Carl Zeiss Ikon Contina II"  :bow2: :bow2: :bow2:

I'll have to make it a habit to travel with a camera and put up a few scenes from around here too.

I didn't high 5 you for the great pictures (which they all are), I high 5'd you for that awesome avatar of yours. Whatever the hell that thing is, that is ****ed up! I love it.  :-)
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #40 on: September 03, 2011, 07:47:33 AM »
Love the pictures!! Especially the black and white winter ones.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #41 on: September 03, 2011, 08:09:49 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on September 02, 2011, 10:02:37 PM
What is the last one?  The MC 2???

No clue, just something left over from when the area I shot it was a military base. Lots of stuff to take photos of so I always test my cameras there.

Quote from: FreeBorn on September 02, 2011, 10:47:05 PM
"Carl Zeiss Ikon Contina II"  :bow2: :bow2: :bow2:

Very difficult camera to take nice pictures with, as it's neither a rangefinder or SLR making focusing very awkward. The camera has quite a bit of family history attached to it.

Quote from: FreeBorn on September 02, 2011, 10:47:05 PM

I'll have to make it a habit to travel with a camera and put up a few scenes from around here too.

I didn't high 5 you for the great pictures (which they all are), I high 5'd you for that awesome avatar of yours. Whatever the hell that thing is, that is ****ed up! I love it.  :-)


I've only recently made it a habit to travel with a camera at all times; I've missed some really got things by not having one. Right now I've got a point and shot camera in the car just in case.

And I think it's supposed to be a Llama. At least when I went looking for something new I typed "Llama Avatars" on Google Images :)


Quote from: debk on September 03, 2011, 07:47:33 AM
Love the pictures!! Especially the black and white winter ones.

Thanks:) I prefer taking black and white photos during the winter, so that's when just about anything I shoot black and white is from.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #42 on: September 04, 2011, 08:20:18 AM »
I am looking forward to seeing some fall pictures. I bet you guys have very pretty falls up there.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #43 on: December 03, 2011, 08:55:52 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on September 04, 2011, 08:20:18 AM
I am looking forward to seeing some fall pictures. I bet you guys have very pretty falls up there.

Not this year.  :(


^Had to pull over while driving and took a quick photo.


^Same Story


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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #44 on: December 03, 2011, 08:57:23 AM »
Oh now, sir, those roads look perfectly driveable, even with a Yugo or a Chevette.

What are you driving?
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #45 on: December 03, 2011, 06:36:25 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on December 03, 2011, 08:57:23 AM
Oh now, sir, those roads look perfectly driveable, even with a Yugo or a Chevette.

What are you driving?

He's just saying he had to pull over.  What he meant was that he slid into the ditch.  :-)
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #46 on: December 03, 2011, 06:37:46 PM »
Drive faster, I hear banjos.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #47 on: December 03, 2011, 06:39:03 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 03, 2011, 06:36:25 PM
He's just saying he had to pull over.  What he meant was that he slid into the ditch.  :-)

Well, I wasn't being critical.

It's just that there doesn't seem to be any other traffic on the roads--he has the whole road to himself--and so even if the snow were four or five times as bad, he could've gone on.

When one doesn't have to worry about traffic, one can do practically anything.
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #48 on: December 03, 2011, 06:56:01 PM »
I didn't pull over because the roads were bad. I've driven in far worse. :p I had pulled over to get something out of the trunk.

Quote from: thundley4 on December 03, 2011, 06:36:25 PM
He's just saying he had to pull over.  What he meant was that he slid into the ditch.  :-)

You should know by now I aim for front yards...Less damage then going into a ditch.  :tongue:
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Re: Random Pictures of NS (Not Dial up Safe!)
« Reply #49 on: December 03, 2011, 07:47:33 PM »
Quote from: compaqxp on December 03, 2011, 06:56:01 PM
I didn't pull over because the roads were bad. I've driven in far worse. :p I had pulled over to get something out of the trunk.
Roadside ditches are good for quick body disposals.
You should know by now I aim for front yards...Less damage then going into a ditch.  :tongue:
  :lol:   :cheersmate:
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