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Explored - Feb. 16, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
Thanks Donna for the explore update!
Where:
Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
Near midnight after a snow storm last month
What:
Roaming the streets downtown just after a snow storm last month. I've tried shooting these street lamps with the lit wreaths around them a couple times. Once from the pedway above the street but never really liked the PoV I got. Anyway a couple buddies wanted to go downtown to get some snow shots. I crossed the street here with the camera setup on the tripod and just plunked it down, fired off a shot and ran before the truck ran over me! :-)
I mentioned it before but I just can't get over the cool starburst from this cheap "nifty-fifty" lens. If you own a Nikon, Canon or Pentax (maybe the others too?) go out and spend the $100 and pick up one of these lenses!
After always posting up pictures of fishing boats and villages I thought I should show you a little bit of the city for a change :-)
What I learned:
Wear a big coat to protect your camera from the snow when you aren't shooting. Also bring lots of little lens wipes.
You:
I appreciate all comments, tips, questions & faves! No need for glitzy awards, your "real" comments are much better!
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Nikon D90 : Nikkor 50mm 1.8D lens : 3s @ f/22 : ISO 400
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Day one of our east coast adventure started early, with a 2 a.m. wakeup to get to our 6 a.m. departure out of Calgary. We flew to Toronto where we had lunch and changed planes for the onward journey to Halifax. Not much left of the day, so we rendezvoused with Geoff, my composer friend, for dinner.
Trading centre for cloth, circa 1779, far larger than it ever needed to be, restored and reopened 1 August 2017
© 2019 Mike McCall
_Halifax Highlanders_
Chesty's Disciples v Halifax Highlanders
40th St. Patrick's Day Rugby Tournament
Daffin Park, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia USA
9 March 2019
Team Pennine has revamped the 502 Halifax-Keighley service as the "Great Northern Line", and brought in ex Rosso (new to Minsterley Motors) B7RLE DX12OWA with smart new branding. Seen here passing through Dean Clough, approaching journey's end in Halifax on day two of the new service.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - February 14, 2020 : Halifax Town Clock the day after a snowfall near the Citadel Hill Fortress.
Camera: Nikon D7100 & Nikkor AF 28-80 film lens
ISO 100, 44mm, f/10. 1/320
I'm guessing that opinions will be polarised on this - First has repainted YJ06XLY into a 'fantasy' Halifax livery - is this what Halifax buses would have looked like today if they had escaped WYPTE's verona green & buttermilk? What would Geoffrey Hilditch make of it? Personally, I like it, and think First are to be congratulated on their sense of fun.
Halifax Joint Committee MCW Metrobus seen a short distance from the Rye Lane terminus of route 36 and heading back towards Halifax. One of many great days had in the area around this time riding/photographing these.
This was new to London Transport in 1982 as M730.
Halifax Joint Committee number 64, a Leyland Olympian / Alexander working through Halifax on a college contract.
This was new to Dublin Bus and was previously registered 91D1075.
West Yorkshire PTE 3480 Volvo Ailsa B55-10 Alexander body new 1975 - a unique bus for the PTE later sold to Derby Transport
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Photo: the late Vic Nutton
Halifax's IOU Theatre has bought and converted ex Tayside B10M-50 Citybus G91PES into a mobile raked seating area for its open air productions. It is based and garaged at First's Halifax depot, and as it bears a 'First' logo, it appears that First financially assists IOU Theatre with the running of the vehicle. IOU particularly wanted an underfloor engined vehicle, as it would have been difficult to fit the seating in around a rear engined model! Latterly with Hilton's Coaches.
YJ07JVM has had a nomadic existence recently. Still in its Flying Tiger base livery, it is seen here at Claremount terminus, high above Halifax, with the summit of Beacon Hill, which towers over the town, apparently close behind. Looks are deceiving, as the main A58 Halifax-Leeds road runs right-left deep in Godley Cutting, behind the low wall, and the hill top is a good quarter mile away.
YJ07JVM was new to K Line, and had a short spell in Tiger Blue colours following the Arriva buy out of the Centrebus share. It then had quite a decent makeover into Flying Tiger colours and moved to Idle depot when Tiger was still interested in making a success of its Leeds Bradford Airport routes. After Tiger gave up the airport work (and the depot at Idle) in summer 2020, YJ07JVM went on loan to Arriva North East, running there in full Flying Tiger colours, returning earlier this year to Waterloo. Transdev immediately removed the Tiger branding on taking over, and it is now quite definitely an 'odd one out' in what is, temporarily at least, an 'odd' fleet.
All good for enthusiasts, though!
Intersection of North Park Street, Cogswell Street, Trollope Street, Ahern Avenue, and Rainnie Drive. This is one of several peculiar intersections in Halifax--hard to navigate for both motorists and cyclists.
Former London Transport MCW Metrobus M1162 is seen on lay-over in Halifax with First West Yorkshire Leyland Olympian F172XYG.
22/04/09