Capturing the Art of Nature
Port Stanley (Day 5)
A dull rainy morning but one was still able to find a few photos of interest
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Ontario Adventures
2018
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The morning began in a lazy way as one is want to do on a holiday with the wind blowing and the rain falling. It was a dull morning and not one to inspire me to leave a nice warm bed. But my back can take only so much of a good thing and I was on my feet getting ready for the day. With the rain outside I didn’t have much planned for the day, only a radio chat with Ralph at 2:30. After breakfast, Carolyn wanted me to drive her to the wool store in St. Thomas so she could pick up some wool for Christmas presents. We set out in some light rain and made good time to the store where she was able to find the wool for the task. Done with shopping, we returned to the room to make ourselves some lunch.
As time approached 2:10 I got my gear in order to head out for my radio contact with ralph, the sky was still overcast but the rain had stopped. It did look a bit brighter so I took my camera along. I set out for a decent spot to set up and found myself on the side of Roberts Line. Here I tried two repeaters with the second working for me. It was located in London. I was able to have a good chat with Ralph back in Richmond. In trying to bring down the link I was unable to get a clear enough tone, a local ham joined in and offered to close the link for me. We then had a short chat, he was surprised I got into the repeater from the Port Stanley area. He said I had been the only one on the repeater so far today. Like so many they seem to be getting less used.
Done with radio, I got out my camera and started looking for some photos. The trees were still quite green down here but there were a few small pockets of colour that I found, the problem was still with the weather as the overcast clouds mutes the colours. I continued along the line for a few side roads but turned off at Quaker Line. I then started back to the hotel as my sinuses were giving me a bad headache. I did find a few spots of red sumac to enjoy which required a brief stop to capture but generally there was little colour to inspire me.
After resting back in the room for a bit the sky finally cleared and the sun was out, there was still a brisk wind but the walk around the harbour looked inviting and so Carolyn and I set off along the newly paved walkway. I managed to pick up a few more shots as we strolled along. At the far end, the waves were breaking over the breakwater, so we decided to not walk that final section of the walkway to the light. I did take a few photos of the waves breaking over some rocks. The return to the room was interrupted by a group of determined geese. They had decided to bed down on the walkway and hissed as I walked past, even though I was only a few feet away, they never moved.
After dinner I noticed the lovely sunset from the room, so I gathered some last photos of the sunset before calling the day’s photography complete. The clouds provided some lovely shapes and textures to the setting sun.