Scots Bay, Nova Scotia... Iscorama anamorphic
This is the wharf in the small village of Scots Bay three months after tropical storm Arthur rendered it unusable for commercial fishing. We had left Parrsboro for a day of photography around Peggy's Cove, then crossed over to the Fundy shore hoping to catch some fishing boats tied up at this dock. Clear weather while crossing the province gave way to thick fog behind Cape Blomidon... our preferred weather for shooting around fishing boats and gear. Arriving later than we'd hoped, it was getting pretty gloomy and the light was fading fast because of the overcast and thick fog.
A local resident mentioned that fishing operations had to shift over to Halls Harbor, about twelve miles down the bay. He didn't know if this wharf would be rebuilt. Not having returned to this area, I don't know if it has, or will be. Here the heavy planks covering the wharf have been torn up, a wide area washed away, cribbing damaged, and the end near the hoist damaged and strewn with timbers. In better times, boats would approach from open water on the right, travel around the end of the wharf... just clearing the rocks, and tie up in the small area of enclosed water on the left. This would completely drain out at low tide. Taken with a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens fitted with an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968).
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Scots Bay, Nova Scotia... Iscorama anamorphic
This is the wharf in the small village of Scots Bay three months after tropical storm Arthur rendered it unusable for commercial fishing. We had left Parrsboro for a day of photography around Peggy's Cove, then crossed over to the Fundy shore hoping to catch some fishing boats tied up at this dock. Clear weather while crossing the province gave way to thick fog behind Cape Blomidon... our preferred weather for shooting around fishing boats and gear. Arriving later than we'd hoped, it was getting pretty gloomy and the light was fading fast because of the overcast and thick fog.
A local resident mentioned that fishing operations had to shift over to Halls Harbor, about twelve miles down the bay. He didn't know if this wharf would be rebuilt. Not having returned to this area, I don't know if it has, or will be. Here the heavy planks covering the wharf have been torn up, a wide area washed away, cribbing damaged, and the end near the hoist damaged and strewn with timbers. In better times, boats would approach from open water on the right, travel around the end of the wharf... just clearing the rocks, and tie up in the small area of enclosed water on the left. This would completely drain out at low tide. Taken with a Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens fitted with an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968).
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