Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:56 pm Posts: 19957 Location: Jenny Lewis' funbags
It's been a while since i've posted anything in here, but then again it's been a while since i've taken anything worth posting. This place is just a short walk from my house, though i'd never ventured down there until yesterday so i decided to bring my camera along. In any event, here is a little history on what you are looking at:
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Partridge Island, off the coast of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, is a national and provincial historic site that sits in the blowing winds of Saint John's Inner Harbour. It was the first quarantine station in Canada, being used as a quarantine station as early as 1785, it received its largest influx of immigrants in the 1840s during the Great Famine in Ireland (the "Potato Famine"). A shortage of potatoes occurred because of potato blight striking the staple crop, causing millions to starve to death or otherwise emigrate, mainly to North America and Canada
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Fort Dufferin Negro Point, West Saint John
This battery was built in 1863/64 following the Trent Affair and in response to a threat of an American attack following their Civil War. It was named in 1873 for the Earl of Dufferin, the Governor General of Canada, and consisted of four stone magazines, 10 gun platforms, a guard house, an office and a store building. It was first manned in 1866 by militia gunners against the Fenian threat. The site was used regularly by the militia for gunnery practice; for example in 1902 six and twelve pounder quick firing guns fired from Fort Dufferin at two canvas targets towed by tug boats. It was not used in World War One and the area became a gravel pit. On the outbreak of World War Two it was brought back to active service. At first two 4.7 inch field guns were mounted there, but later they were replaced by two 12 pounders. Two concrete search light emplacements were built, along with accommodation and support facilities for the gunners of 15th Battery. Its role was close harbour defence against surface ships. In September 1944, the battery was closed and the property reverted back to a gravel pit. There currently exists two magazines and three gun emplacements from the 1860s and three World War Two concrete installations.
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Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2004 12:03 am Posts: 18376 Location: outta space Gender: Male
:depth of field: where is that... one of the pics looks like san onefre though i assume its not. (i gotta get a camera, people actually look at them on the release forum)
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:56 pm Posts: 19957 Location: Jenny Lewis' funbags
LittleWing wrote:
What made you shoot at this time of day?
I generally like it, but the skies are all burned out.
i just happened to be out for a walk and decided to bring my camera. it wasn't a conscious effort to shoot at pre-dusk or anything. i also boosted the contrast on some of the shots (esp the b&w ones) so that may have contributed to the bleakness of the sky as well.
i went back yesterday during the early afternoon, but i didn't take many pictures of this spot. i moved down the cliffside and found some more old gun placements/teenage party spots. i snapped a few more pics and i'll post em tonight if i remember. there was a shitload of snow this time around.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:56 pm Posts: 19957 Location: Jenny Lewis' funbags
i had the urge to try out HDR imaging this weekend so i downloaded the Photomatix plugin for Photoshop. I cheated though by only using 1 image instead of going out and taking bracketed shots. So with a single picture to work from it basically just messes with the contrast and colour saturation which any competent photoshop user could do on their own, but it did it with remarkable speed an accuracy compared to doing it manually. It's a neat little tool. I just worked with some old pictures but i'd like to go out and take some shots specifically with HDR imaging in mind.
I tried not to overdo it because i find it's a technique that can get really old, fast. A lot of the glowy building ones come out looking awful IMO.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am Posts: 46000 Location: Reasonville
damn, nice colors, man.
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