Due to warm temperatures and lack of frozen ice, the frozen waterfall field trip is cancelled. I can’t rebook as I will be away.
“Life is Good”
John Webb
This year is the Eagle Watch Weekend in Sheffield Mills, Kings Co. and they are celebrating their 20th year. We are meeting at 8:15 am Exit 4, Hwy. 101 at the car pool area, Ellershouse and departing at 8:30 am for Sheffield Mills, for those that do not know the way. Otherwise members should proceed to Middle Dyke Rd. in Sheffield Mills, where the poultry farmers will lay out dead chicks for the feeding frenzy that occurs sometime after that.
Directions: Take Exit 12 at Kentville or Exit 11 at Greenwich and follow the blue eagle signs to Sheffield Mills.
Kindly download the Guild Field Trip Waiver (see Quick Links) and have it filled out and turned in.
The Community Hall will have Pancake & Sausage Breakfast
Child $4.00, Adult $7.00
Musical entertainment provided.
Community Hall, 98 Black Hole Road, Sheffield Mills.
8:00am – 2:00pm
Don’t forget to tour the upstairs where we have lots of Eagle memorabilia for sale. Some which include beautiful hand painted Eagle neck laces, T-shirts stamped with the beautiful array of Eagles including 20th anniversary patch, beautifully framed 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 Eagle photos, Eagle bookmarks, and fridge magnets, Eagle books, key chains, also a room set aside to watch Eagle movies in comfort.
Also upstairs at the hall we have an annual display and sale of Eagle photos, Paintings, Sculptures, etc. taken from various artists from surrounding areas which are also for sale. For a one dollar entry taken at the door you will receive a ballot to enter for a $100.00 door prize, also one of the artists could win $100.00 for the People’s choice award.
“Life is Good”
John Webb
Nov. 20th, Sunday is a very special evening for those that still shoot slides and/or have slides that they would like to have projected and judged.
Kindly submit up to 7 slides,Titles have to be entered on the Guild web site by Friday at midnight and bring them in. Yes, you have to come in or drop them off to a member for submission.
No film recorder or digital images accepted.
Pictorial, Nature, Creative, Portrait, Photo Travel, P/J, and Humour A total of 7 slides.
Mini Seminar 4: Waterfalls of Nova Scotia Barry Burgess, Barry has photographed more than 50 waterfalls in NS Slide show presented using a medium format slide projector.
Mini Seminar 5: Purely for Enjoyment Yau-Sun Tong.
Saturday October 29th. It is our night photography experiment.
We plan to meet at the Public Gardens Main Entrance across from The Lord Nelson.
Time: 6:00 PM
What to bring: Tripod, Medium Zoom or Wide Angle or 40 to 100 mm lens and the camera body!
Find out how to set the self timer on your camera so it will fire the shutter for you
We will shoot various shots along Spring Garden Road while checking to see what results we get with various settings.
Bring proper clothing in case it gets cold!
Download the field trip waiver off the website. Turn in the signed sheet when we meet.
Regards,
Merv KM 456-1449
Saturday October 22nd, 2011.
Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park
Meeting Place: Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. at
Tim Horton’s parking lot. 84 Main St. Dartmouth, N.S.
Field Trip waiver to be signed there and map to area will be handed out.
We shall leave from Tim Horton’s at 8:30 a.m. sharp, and go directly to Clam Harbour Provincial Park as low tide is at 9:51 a.m.
Road to take is Highway 7 to Webbers/Esso Station turn off to Clam Harbour Beach. {see map} this is about a 45 minute drive.
Plan is to arrive at the Clam Harbour Provincial Park by 9:30 a.m. There is plenty of parking on the road before the gate.
There are picnic tables in the park so plan to bring a light lunch if you so wish.
High tide is at 4:05 p.m. and we may all wish to leave earlier and photograph other sites of interest along the route back.
For those wishing to have supper on the way back we shall stop at Marcus and Willy’s Pub and Sports Bar at the Forest Hills Shopping Center on Highway 7.
{This is about 16 km. from Webber’s turn off on the return to Darmouth.}
Hope to see a few of you as this promises to be a fun day!
Ciao,
Eugene
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Changes to Meeting Place and Time
The following are “NEW instructions” for members who wish to join Clarence on the Blueberry Field Trip to Parrsboro on Sunday Oct 16th.
Time: 8:45 am
Place: Hwy 2 and West Brook Road
Drive to Parrsboro at Tim Hortons make a right turn on Highway no 2. Follow this road until you come to the W. Brook Road (there is a road sign and a Shaw Aggregate sign). He will meet you there. at 8:45am. You have gone too far if you see the West Brook Market (a vacant building with 5 white doors). Note the name West Brook on Highway 2. The road can be seen leading to New Canaan.
Everyone will follow Clarence leaving this location to the Blueberry fields at 9:00 sharp. Lave home a little early so you do not miss him.
Clarences will be driving a dark green Dark Green RAV-4, his cel # is 1-506-874-6779
Clarence says that the fields should be prime and the weather forecast is good.
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During my presentation on monitor profiling we were discussing how to do soft proofing in Adobe Photoshop. While Lightroom doesn’t provide soft proofing there is a plugin for soft proofing from Lightroom Plugins. Thanks to Colin Campbell for the tip.
You can also download my presentation.
Meet at 8.30 am at Just Us Coffee at 11865 on Highway #1. If you are travelling from Halifax on Highway 101, take Exit 10 to Wolfville. Just Us Coffee is on the right hand side of Highway # 1 just a short distance from Exit 10.
Morning – 9.00 a m to 12.30 p m ( about an hour and a half at each venue)
1. Gaspereau Vinyards – 2239 White Rock Road
2. Gaspereau Valley Fibres – Farm Wool Shop – 830 Gaspereau River Rd
Lunch in Wolfville or Port Williams
For those who are interested, I am making a reservation for The Port Gastropub in Port Williams for 1.00 p m. Please let me know by June 23rd if you would like me to include you in the reservation.
Afternoon -2.00 to 5.30 pm (about an hour and a half at each venue)
3. Prescott House Museum and Gardens – 1633 Starrs Point Road (The
Museum has an entry fee of $3.60)
4. Blomidon Inn – Victorian Gardens – 195 Main Street in Wolfville
Please bring your completed Field Trip Waiver Form which can be downloaded
off our PGNS website:
http://www.photoguild.ns.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pgns-field-trip-waiver.pdf
Sunscreen, fly repellant, waterproof footwear (for wet grass if
need be) and money for admission fees are suggested.
To help ensure you receive notice of any changes or cancellation due to
weather, please call (422-8164) or email me if you plan to attend.
(Rain date is Sunday, June 26th)
I hope you are able to join us!
Dean
On this field trip, we are going to Cosbys garden centre in Liverpool, the Rhododendron park if there are blooms left, and the Blockhouse car dump. All places are easy, flat, short walks.
9:15 am- Meet (take Exit 13- Hwy 103) in Bridgewater-left turn, go to the lights on High St., right turn for 3 blocks to Tim Hortons (on the left) for a pit stop. Park across the street in the shopping centre lot where you can leave your car all day if you can share a ride or transport others.
9:30-leave for Exit 19-Liverpool-HWY 103
1. Cosby’s Garden centre-photograph many life size sculptures of human/fantasy figures in a magical woodland setting. A unique place-cement sculptures created by the owner.
11:45am- Lunch at Lanes Privateer Inn Liverpool (right by the town bridge)-great pub food
PM-Return to Bridgewater, pick up your parked cars by Tims (pit stop) on the way through Bridgewater to Mr. Langille’s car dump in Blockhouse.
The car dump is small, private, neat and clean and there are wrecked, colorful vehicles & school buses. Lots of parking space by the garage and wrecked vehicles are behind the garage and across the road behind the house.
Supper for those interested-Anchor Pub, Main St. Mahone Bay.
For those who want more-maybe there’ll be a sunset at Blue Rocks.
Please bring water, bug repellant and a signed waiver.
Note -If the Rhododendrons are still blooming at Pine Grove park near Liverpool we will go there before or after Cosbys-many colors have been planted in the 48 acre wooded park/pond area and the huge bushes are quite stunning, but may be over by then.
Info: Nancy Johnston: njohnston@ns.sympatico.ca
Hello everyone
For this year’s AGS-PGNS field trip we return to the Noel Shore and will walk a section of beach near Bramber. The tides dictate that this will be an afternoon field trip, catching the late afternoon sunlight on the cliffs (at least in part). We will meet at the beach parking lot at Cheverie (map circulated in email to PGNS Google Group) at 1.00 pm, and do some necessary carpooling, and then proceed in as few vehicles as possible to the “beach-head” at Mutton Cove, where parking is limited. There should be sufficient room to leave most cars at Cheverie, but please share a ride to Cheverie if you can. Please arrive having had lunch or packed a sandwich (or whatever you fancy) to eat on the run. Please note that services are limited on the Noel Shore.
The beach that we will traverse today is rocky and in places may be slippery with mud or seaweed. The walking is a little challenging, though should be no problem for those who are of average fitness and used to walking moderate distances regularly. Please know your own capability and don’t do anything that you are not comfortable doing or go anywhere that you are not comfortable going. Please use footwear with good ankle support. Wellington boots are not appropriate. We will not be in a rush … low tide is at 4.30 and we will have a 90 minute window after that.
To get to the meeting spot at Cheverie, take exit 5 from Highway 101 northeast to Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, follow signs onto Highway 215 north to Cheverie and Walton (the latter will probably be the prominent name on the signs). The journey to Cheverie Beach is 60-90 minutes from Metro depending on your starting point.
I will plan to post a digital field guide later in the week, but if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me (info below). Please don’t leave a voice mail at my work number after 5 pm Friday; I will monitor email until leaving the house on Saturday, after which, if you need to contact me urgently (for example if you get lost), use Lorraine’s cell phone number please.
The rain date will be Sunday, one hour later.
Rob
902-434-3392 (home)
902-426-2732 (work … preferred voice mail until 5.00 pm Friday)
902-222-8753 (Lorraine’s cell, please use only on Saturday)
rfensome@nrcan.gc.ca
