Category: B&W

Lisbon, Portugal

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In April 2023 the family went on a one week trip to visit our son who was completing a four month school term at Catolica in Lisbon, Portugal.  We stayed in Alfama, which is a popular historic area on the south-western tip of Portugal.  Alfama was a great location to call home base because of its proximity to popular tourist destinations.

The three galleries of our trip are broken down into the sights we took in during our brief visit.  A few days were simply lots of walking around the Alfma area, one day we took the train to Cascais and another day we took the train to Sintra. In Cascais we had a beautiful seaside lunch and beach visit followed by a costal sunset scene. In Sintra we visited to the Palace of Pena and Quinta da Reglaira and it’s popular well and tunnel.  Cascais is known for its beautiful beaches and ocean coastline.  Sintra is known for it’s amazing historic palaces. All are beautiful locations that are popular tourist destinations.  Taking the train was a great experience. It’s a very affordable way of visiting Cascais and Sintra plus gave an opportunity to see some of the city outside of the tourist hot spots.

Equipment: Fuji XT-2 + Fuji 10-24/4 lens

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Alfama, Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Lisbon Cathedral, Arco da Rua Augusta, Santa Justa Lift, Castelo de S. Jorge, Praca Dom Pedro IV, Carmo Convent & Archaeological Museum

Gallery 2 of 3

Cascais

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Sintra

Palace of Pena

Quinta da Regaleira

Port Hope – November 2021 – B&W

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An afternoon trip to the beautiful little town of Port Hope on the shore of Lake Ontario.  Since it was November the scenery didn’t lend itself to beautiful colours or vegetation.  It was a dreary cold ‘blah’ day.  So I focused on B&W images and the downtown scenery.  Due to C-19 and being the off season the downtown was very quiet with not many businesses open.  In the summer Port Hope can be a beautiful destination for a short road trip.

For this outing I wanted to take my time so I brought my Fuji X-Pro1 and vintage manual focus 1973 Canon 24mm F2.8 FD lens.  On the Fuji gear this lens has the full frame focal length equivalent of 35mm. I find that to be an excellent ‘out for a walk’ focal length.  I have always been impressed with the sharpness this old prime lens produces.  It’s simple and fun to use while easily nailing focus with the focus peaking feature of the cameras.

Snowdon Park – Jan 2021 – Minden Hills

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Mid January, 2021 my wife and I went for a walk with our new dog to the remote trails of Snowdon Park. Snowdon Park is 460 acres of wetland and forest preserve established through the cooperation of the Township of Minden Hills and the Haliburton Highlands Field Naturalists.  Details on this park can be found here and here.

Below is a small series of snapshots I took as we walked the trails.

Gear: Fuji XT4, Fuji 16-80mm F4, all images are in camera JPG Acros+Y film sim.