Travel Galleries

Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia : For most of these photos I used a circular polarizer on my Canon 17-40mm f/4L lens. All photos were shot in RAW and edited using Photoshop, Topaz Adjust, Topaz Clean II and Photomatix Pro when exposure blending was used. Peggys Cove is 43 kilometres southwest of downtown Halifax and comprises one of the numerous small fishing communities located around the perimeter of the Chebucto Peninsula. The community is named after the cove of the same name. Peggy is a nickname for Margaret, and the village may have taken its name from St. Margaret's Bay upon which it is situated. Local folklore has several alternative origins for the name. Some people claim Peggy was an early settler. Others say she was a young survivor from a shipwreck who remembered nothing of her life before her rescue; not even her name but was given the name Peggy by the family who adopted her. Visitors drawn by the mysterious child that eventually gave the village the name Peggy's Cove.

Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia

For most of these photos I used a circular polarizer on my Canon 17-40 ...

Updated: Oct 07, 2009 5:41pm PST

The Cabot Trail : The Cabot Trail is a highway and scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in northern Victoria County and Inverness County on Cape Breton Island. The route measures 298 km (185 mi) in length and completes a loop around the northern tip of the island, passing along and through the scenic Cape Breton Highlands. This is one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the world. Named for famous explorer John Cabot, the Cabot Trail winds around the rocky splendour of Cape Breton’s northern shore, ascending to the incredible plateaus of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. This magnificent highway is carved into the sides of mountains that rise high above the shimmering waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Lookoffs offer unforgettable vistas of Cape Breton’s rugged coastline, where pods of whales can often be seen just offshore and bald eagles soar aloft on the ocean breezes.

The Cabot Trail

The Cabot Trail is a highway and scenic roadway in the Canadian provin ...

Updated: Jul 04, 2009 8:46am PST

Nova Scotia : This gallery has photos of fishing villages, boats, The Bluenose II, Fort Anne and small towns all in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia

This gallery has photos of fishing villages, boats, The Bluenose II, F ...

Updated: Aug 04, 2009 1:04pm PST

New Brunswick : Scenes of Grand Falls, Hopewell Rocks, the worlds longest covered bridge in Hartland and Confederation bridge that links New Brunswick to PEI.

New Brunswick

Scenes of Grand Falls, Hopewell Rocks, the worlds longest covered brid ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2009 4:45am PST

The Bruce Peninsula : Flowerpot Island, Tobermory, The Grotto at The Bruce Peninsula National Park and Wiarton. To enhanced the colour, tones and detail of some of the photos in this gallery, I used techniques such as HDRI (high dynamic range image created with Photomatix Pro), exposure blending, the Orton Technique or just normal editing.

The Bruce Peninsula

Flowerpot Island, Tobermory, The Grotto at The Bruce Peninsula Nationa ...

Updated: Aug 12, 2009 7:16am PST

The Cheltenham Badlands : Cheltenham Badlands “Badlands” is a geologic term for an area of soft rock devoid of vegetation and soil cover that has become molded into a rolling landscape of rounded hills and gullies. Such areas are rare in Ontario and this is one of the best examples. They exhibit the reddish hue of the Queenston Shale that forms them. It is the presence of iron oxide in the shale that accounts for the red colour. The narrow greenish bands that can be seen throughout the shale are due to the change of red iron oxide (iron III) to green iron oxide (iron II) brought on by the circulating groundwater. The relatively soft shale is essentially clay and easily eroded by water. This site was acquired by the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 2000 and is under the care of the Bruce Trail Association.

The Cheltenham Badlands

Cheltenham Badlands “Badlands” is a geologic term for an area of ...

Updated: Aug 14, 2009 4:16pm PST