The South Shore Field Trip is re-scheduled from June 1st to June 8th.
Details to follow.
Nancy Johnston
South Shore Field Trip re-scheduled
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Cape Split Annual Wildflower Hike
The Cape Split Annual Wildflower Hike is this Sat. May 18th.
Now that spring has finally sprung and plants and bugs are out in large numbers, its time to enjoy at least one of them.
At approximately 3 kilometers along the Cape Split trail, a profusion of wildflowers bloom along the sides of the trails and into the distance deciduous forest Breeches, Violets, and Trilliums.
Expect to hike in some rocky and wet areas.
There is a new parking lot in the field on the right side of the road, at the beginning of the trail head.
Bring some liquids and snacks along, with all your camera equipment, such as reflectors, water spray bottle, polarizer, close up lens, tripod, lens hood, wind & ground protectors, and insect repellant.
Meet at the in the new parking lot trail head at Scott’s Bay at 10:00 am for departure or at 8:30 am Exit 4, Hwy 101. Take the exit ramp to St. Croix, Ellershouse and turn left at the Stop Sign coming from Metro. The car pool is approx .5 km on you right, the opposite directions coming from the Valley.
To make your way to Scott’s Bay on you own take Exit 11 Hwy. 101 for Greenwich, Port Williams and proceed on Hwy 358 to Canning, turn left at Canning to the Blomidon Look-Off. Continue on to Scott’s Bay. When there keep the water (Bay of Fundy) on your immediately left (actually 2 lefts) and proceed to end of the highway and the new trailhead parking lot.
Bring along you signed waiver off the Guild’s web site at:
http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pgns-field-trip-waiver.PDF
Field Trip #13 – Motorcycle Racing – DATE CHANGED
The Atlantic Racing League (ARL) published their schedule for 2013 and the first race weekend will be in June instead of May.
The field trip has been rescheduled to Sunday, June 16th at Atlantic Motorsports Park in Shubenacadie. More information will be published in June.
Change of date of Cape Split Wildflower Hike
Cape Split Annual Wildflower Hike has been changed from May 11 to Sat. May 18th.
Now that spring has finally sprung and plants and bugs are out in large numbers, its time to enjoy at least one of them.
At approximately 3 kms along the Cape Split trail, a profusion of wildflowers bloom along the sides of the trails and into the distance deciduous forest.
You will be amazed with an array of spring beauties, dutch-man’s-breeches, violets, and trillions.
Expect to hike in some rocky and wet areas.
There is a new parking lot in the field on the right side of the road, at the beginning of the trail head.
Bring some liquids and snacks along, along with all your camera equipment, such as reflectors, water spray bottle, polarizer, close up lens, tripod, lens hood, and wind protectors.
Meet at the trailhead at Scott’s Bay at 10:00 am for departure or at 8:30 am Exit 4, Hwy 101. Take the exit ramp to St. Croix, Ellershouse and turn left at the Stop Sign coming from Metro.
The car pool is approx 3/4 km on you right, the opposite directions coming from the Valley.
To make your way to Scott’s Bay on you own take Exit 11 Hwy. 101 for Greenwich, Port Williams and proceed on Hwy 358 to Canning, turn left at Canning to the Blomidon Look-Off. Continue on
to Scott’s Bay. When there keep the water (Bay of Fundy) on your immediately left (actually 2 lefts) and proceed to end of the highway and the new trailhead parking lot. http://maps.google.ca/maps?saddr=Greenwich+Conn&daddr=Scotts+Bay,+Canning,+NS&hl=en&ll=45.178165,-64.326668&spn=0.168196,0.527&sll=45.074612,-64.38838&sspn=0.042126,0.13175&geocode=FRvRrwIdGFop_A%3BFcNkswIdIj8p_CnP1q3MS-5YSzHGGc0TvjzMNw&oq=Scott’s+Bay+No&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=14&t=m&z=12
Bring along you signed waiver off the Guild’s web site at: http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pgns-field-trip-waiver.PDF
For more info call me at : 902-757-2599.
“Life is Good”
John Webb
Waterfall trip to the Noel Shore
Saturday April 27 – 10am to 4pm
Meet at the Irving Big Stop in Enfield Exit 7 off the 102 Hwy to find out about today’s photographic adventure.
We will leave the parking lot at 10 am and drive towards the Noel Shore where two photogenic waterfalls wait for us less than 0.5km from the road. If time and conditions allow, we will check out other waterfalls in the area.
Please remember to bring a signed Guild Field trip waiver which can be printed from the Guild’s web site, also to bring a lunch, water and sunscreen. Rubber boots are recommended as you will have to cross a stream to get to the waterfalls.
Barry Burgess
barryburgess323@hotmail.com
Phone 857-1248.
A/V Presentations on our 29th April Meeting
Clarence Nowlan will be making 3 presentations on Monday April 29th.
The first one entitled “Perpetual Transformation” Insight into the continued transformation of materials found in automobile junkyards over the years. Lots of special effects and play with colour found in this presentation set to music. Duration: 22 min.
The second A/V entitled “Masters of the Sky” a three year project on RC pilots airshows held in St. Jacques, NB. a yearly event drawing people from Canada and the US. This show employs music and special effects sounds to make the audience feel as if they were right there at the show. Duration: 18 min. Here Clarence will speak on the techniques employed in shooting aerial photography from the ground.
The third A/V show is entitled “Floral Transformation”, it is the first digital show he’s made on the flora-mostly on flowers; documentary, abstracts, and interpretive images. He will speak on the various techniques he has employed over the years photographing flowers. Duration: 20 min approx.
Field Trip to Prospect and Peggy’s Cove on 13th April 2013 – postponed/cancelled
The field trip to Peggy’s Cove scheduled for tomorrow afternoon is cancelled/postponed because of the impending storm. It may be possible to reschedule the trip for Sunday, though for safety reasons we need the rock surfaces to be dry. A decision will be made by 7.00 pm on Saturday and posted, but if you see no message to the contrary, please assume that the trip has been cancelled entirely for this weekend. If that’s the case, Peggy’s Cove will remain as a high priority for a near-future geologically oriented field trip.
Monday April 15th 2013 – Show and Tell – Basic Lightroom
Monday’s program is in two sessions:
The first session is a “Show and Tell” (Non competitive and no evaluation) Attendees are to bring in digital images on a stick or a CD. Your images may be taken on a cell phone, point and shoot or DSLR Camera. Full size images are preferred but small jpegs are acceptable.
Bring up to 10 images and you are encouraged to tell the story about the images and share how you took them, etc. This part of the program is planned for a fun evening.
The second part of tonight’s program is a Lightroom Workshop with professional photographer Dan Callis:
The Guild’s objective is to show how easy it is to improve digital images using “VERY BASIC” Lightroom techniques that everyone can understand. This should be of interest to everyone, even though you may use another post processing software.
He will use some of the images from tonight’s “Show and Tell” session and Dan will bring some of his own images to demonstrate how to improve your post processing techniques.
Field Trip to Prospect and Peggys Cove – 13th April 2013
Rob Fensome will lead us to Prospect and Peggy’s Cove on 13th April this year.
Details of the trip are dependent on ground conditions, which will be assessed as soon as possible during the week leading up to the trip. An announcement will be posted by the evening of Wednesday 10th April. The broad plan is to view the rocks and landforms at Peggys Cove from a geological perspective — how the familiar Peggys Cove granite formed as a mass of molten rock many kilometres underground some 370 million years ago, how its formation was related to plate tectonics and the supercontinent Pangea, and how the granite landforms we now see have been shaped by glaciers. An understanding of the geological background may help you see and photograph our local scenic icon “in a fresh light”.
Stay tuned for updates about this very interesting field trip.
March 25th Theme Based Competition Rules
NS Nature Trust Trophy
This year the NSNT theme is: “Birds of Nova Scotia”.
All NSNT Competition images must be shot in Nova Scotia.
Please read the Blue Book for additional information about the NS Nature Trust Trophy competition.
NS Bird Society Trophy
The last four winning species are excluded from the trophy competition.
This means the NS Bird Society Trophy for 2012-13 cannot be awarded to images of species listed below.
2009 Red-breasted Nuthatch – Ken Renton
2010 Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird – Marian D. Boyer
2011 Common Redpoll – Tuma Young
2012 Spotted Sandpiper – Jen Fried