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My health kindly cooperated enough to allow me to venture outside on Wednesday, and I took full advantage of the beautiful (though very cold!) day. I took lots of pictures, but came back home a couple of hours later too sore for the task of converting all of them from RAW, so maybe tomorrow I can spend some time getting things in order.

But here's one capture that I particularly like; a three shot panorama of the harbour in the historic town of Tilting, on the northeast corner of Fogo Island, about a half hour drive from our house. I love the texture of the newly formed ice in the foreground. Most of the homes you see are well over 100 years old. I am also thrilled that my new camera so perfectly captured the most amazing blues that I have ever seen! It's a shame that so much detail is lost in posting at this size, but I can just imagine how it will look framed on my wall at 36 inches!

This was shot using my 18-55mm kit lens, and again, I am so impressed with the quality of it. Many people knock it, because it feel so light and "plasticy", wrongly assuming that this equals "poor build quality", but I am only interested in how the picture looks in the end. It is certainly sharp enough. (BTW, I have never heard of one of these lenses breaking, so they just may be tougher than some people think!)

-taken handheld with my A500 and stitched together using Microsoft ICE

Glen
http://www.FocusOnNewfoundland.com

Hi Glen,

Like you say the newly-forming ice on the surface, so irregularly and creating strange patterns is also the first thing that caught my attention. You also chose a good vantage point that embraces the circular coastline and the historical buildings in one go.

Colour of the water and the sky is amazing, while the clarity is a speciality of Fogo Island's environment. It's refreshing. I can almost breath in the fresh and cool air and feel more alive just looking at your homegrounds through a frame.

Many more please as your health permits...!

Thanks for sending,

Yildiz

Hi Glen - I like the combination of the blue sky / sea with the red buildings along the shore. I bet the full size version is quite stunning. The frozen sea gives the whole scene a really chilly feel - brrrrrrr. My only other thought is that the botton right corner is a bit distracting, but probably just me.

nicely done!

Birma wrote:Hi Glen - My only other thought is that the botton right corner is a bit distracting, but probably just me.

i'll join your boat Birma