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A fisherman checks his pots for lobster in the shelter of the Galley Head.
To the right is part of Dundeady Castle.
'The castle was built in 1215 by Nicholas Boy de Barry who also built nearby Timoleague Castle. In the year 1260 Dundeady was broken down by Finghin Reanna Roin son of Domhnall Got Mac Carthaigh. It seems to have been rebuilt again soon afterwards as it is recorded that it was besieged during the Rebellion Wars of the early 1640s. Dundeady Castle is on private property so it can only be viewed from the roadside. Standing for 805 years it makes it one of the oldest castles in West Cork that is still in existence.'
- local historian, Barry Jordan
The castle was built on the site of an earlier O'Cowhig fort. There are still Cowhigs living in the area.
Galley Head Lighthouse was built in 1875, during the heyday of lighthouse building. When it was first constructed, it was the most powerful lighthouse light in the world.
The lighthouse was converted to electric operation in 1969 and automated in 1979.
Curtis, a lobster fisherman from Sally's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, caught a whopper of a lobster. He proudly posed for this photo with his “prize” after nearby fishermen motioned for me to join them at the boats when they saw me taking photos nearby. Curtis gave permission to post this photo on Flickr. Curtis and his commercial crew caught 400 pounds of lobster that morning. The lobster fishery is regulated. I am sure that this lobster was headed for the fanciest restaurant in New England. I removed the safety bands over the lobsters’s incisors in photoshop for posting; they were on for the photo shoot. In summary, hats off to this group of friendly, engaging, joking, commercial fishers from Newfoundland and Labrador!!
I found these lobster pots in the fishing harbour of Hout Bay, South Africa.
Hout Bay is the centre of the West Coast rock lobster fishery.
This is my second entry for the Weekly Alphabet group and the letter L
I'm still on holiday in the Cape and I'll be back soon to catch up with your photos.
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Photos taken during a week-long visit to Nova Scotia back in the days I owned the first 8 MP digital camera I could get my hands on....a Sony DSC F828.
The lobster season is over at West Berlin, Nova Scotia. It's time to repair the traps and maintain the boats.
Meteghan operates under Federal Fishing regulations in Licenced Fishing Area 34 which operates from the last Monday in November until the 31th of May.
St. Marys Bay (baie Sainte-Marie) is located in Digby County in western Nova Scotia, Canada where tides are among the highest in the world. Processed in Photoshop Elements and Topaz Adjust. Print size 8x10 inches.
Here's "Greyhound" returning to the dock for another load of lobster traps. If there was a posted harbor speed limit, it certainly wasn't anywhere near the speed this boat was traveling. The sooner you get in to load up, the faster you can get back to your spot to drop your traps. Loading happens quickly. "Greyhound" was away and speeding out of the harbor in about 45 minutes.
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These colourful lobster trap buoys dot the inshore waters along the Nova Scotia shore, marking the location of a specific vessel’s lobster pots and attesting to the economic importance of this fishery. In addition to being a popular tourist destination receiving over 700,000 visitors annually, Peggy’s Cove is a working fishing village with a population of ~50 year-round residents [1].
Nova Scotia is divided into 29 Lobster Fishing Areas (LFAs). Each LFA has its own specific opening and closing dates for the lobster season [2]. Lobster season along the south shore of Nova Scotia (Lobster Fishing Area 33) runs from the last Monday in November - May 31.
[1] visitpeggyscove.ca/a-living-community/
[2] thisisnovascotia.ca/when-is-lobster-season-in-nova-scotia/
During prohibition in the US, rum-runners hid their illegal liquor in the cave. When the tide is out, one can venture into the cave. Print size 13x19 inches.
Dumping Day, the opening day of lobster fishing season. All the boats have left on the high tide. Here the tide is at its lowest point. Viewed from the muddy bottom of the harbor, the wharf presents an interesting perspective. A heavy overcast developed a few breaks, one allowing strong morning light to illuminate the side of the wharf. The tidal range around Parrsboro averages around 40 feet between high and low water, with higher spring tides increasing the range a bit. At Parrsboro the harbor drains completely, so some tide charts/graphs reference the water level "over keel blocks"... a layer of wooden supports covering the harbor bottom adjacent to the wharf. The boats rest upright on these at low tide. The depth of the water over keel blocks on a spring tide (November 26 is the next one) is 8 meters (26.5 feet), but could be more if there's a strong southwest wind pushing water up into the Bay of Fundy. The total drop of the tide cannot be measured inside the harbor, the level actually falling about 4 meters below the level of the keel blocks. The total rise and fall measured at the harbor entrance channel buoy on 11/26/15 would be about 45 feet, or around 13.8 meters.
Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens fitted with an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968 version).
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One of our favorite shooting locations in Cumberland County is the area around Apple River. This shack is about 500 yards down the beach from an area where about a dozen camping trailers are located in trees and tall grass, well above the level of the highest tides. Behind the stacked lobster traps is a jumble of all sorts of junk fishing gear, foul weather gear, net bait bags, lobster floats, cable, rope... just about any kind of rubbish that a small commercial fishing enterprise would generate. The two blue plastic barrels contain something you wouldn't expect to find. They are both nearly filled to the top with what appears to be raw sewage. The water is nearly black, looking and smelling exactly like you were peering down into your septic tank after removing the cover. With the wind blowing from the direction it was, the stink was bad enough to make shooting photos from a point farther to my left very unpleasant. We've been returning to this location for years and those two barrels are always there. The only change from year to year is the level of black, watery sludge. Maybe they're to receive and hold sewage drained from the camping trailers, or maybe boats. You can't pump sewage from your boat into the ocean now.
The shack sits on Apple River Bar, a long sandy spit that separates the back channel area from Apple River Bay. This is a sheltered area where local fishing boats moor, resting on the mud at low tide. Driving through West Apple River on the Apple River Road, you soon reach the end of pavement just after the road starts up a steep hill past the bridge over a tidal creek. After reaching the top of the hill, the Apple River "Airport" will be on your left... a rough dirt strip with a frizzy wind-sock on a mast. On a clear day you'll see the open bay below, with New Brunswick visible on the horizon, across Chignecto Bay. After crossing a small tidal creek at the bottom of the hill, the road turns sharp left toward Spicers Cove. At this point you can turn to the right, off the road (about 2 hours past high tide) and drive about 600 yards along the beach, keeping high... near the dune grass, until you arrive where the boats are moored. Your GPS will indicate that your vehicle is in the water, not on any road at all. You can photograph in this area until about two hours before high tide, then it's time to leave.
Nikon D60, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens fitted with an Iscorama anamorphic lens (1968 version).
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Lobster Dinghies, Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine. A classic Maine scene taken with a classic camera - My 1951 Rolleiflex Automat f/3.5, with Kodak Portra 400 medium format film, 1/100 sec @ f/16.
French River harbour, buildings, equipment and boats, photographed at night.
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A lobsterman pulls his traps from the boat “Maryellen” during a driving snowstorm, at the Portsmouth commercial fishing pier.
Buoys and items used for Commercial Fishing. St. Margarets Bay is located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. Print size 8x10 inches.
A year-round wharf used by the lobster (and other) fisherman of the region. Processed in Photoshop Elements and Topaz Adjust. I think I overcooked it! Print size 13x19 inches.
Yarmouth is a fishing port located on the Gulf of Maine in rural southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. (heart of the world's largest lobster fishing area) Print size 13x19 inches.
Here are "Conception Star" and "Russel's Sons II" resting in the mud alongside the dock at Advocate. Conception Star is rigged for scallop trawling. Many working boats around the Bay of Fundy are multipurpose... can be rigged for fishing, lobstering, or scalloping, depending upon the season. The harbor at Advocate drains completely leaving any boats at the dock or on moorings resting in the mud, waiting for the water to return.
Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens fitted with an Iscorama anamorphic lens, 1968 version.
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Photos taken during a week-long visit to Nova Scotia back in the days I owned the first 8 MP digital camera I could get my hands on....a Sony DSC F828.
Lobster traps at French River, Prince Edward Island.
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Rockport, Massachusetts, USA
Fishing boats and dinghies are moored in picturesque Rockport Harbor, Massachusetts.
Wintering Lobster Traps. I'm enjoying the use of textures in my images, this one has a total of 5 textures from "2 Lil Owls" layered in.
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