Lloyd's Newfoundland Photos

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My home is in Chamberlains, CBS, Newfoundland: a place close enough to sea so that I can go there to watch the glorious sunsets over the bay, and the other infinite variety of sights and sounds that are forever changing, yet forever the same. I'm not as young as I used to be and don't get around much any more, but I've had many wonderful hours of enjoyment with my Yasihca 44 TLR and trusty old OM-2. I've always enjoyed photographing wild flowers, particularly the smaller ones, many of which , albeit mostly overlooked and dismissed as weeds, are exquisitely beautiful. Digital photography, complete with all the magic of its own portable darkroom, has brought a new dimension to the hobby. My OM-2 is retired now, but it is such a beautiful instrument, such a joy to hold and behold, that I don't think I will ever want to part with it. My digital, used mostly, is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30. Its 35-420 mm Leica zoom lens can really reach out for those hard to reach shots. My photographs are strictly amateurish, but hopefully some have succeeded in capturing something of the moment that inspired them.

Saturday, December 23, 2006



ST. SHOTTS BAY


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Friday, December 22, 2006

WINTER SOLSTICE.
Sun setting over Chamberlains Pond, as seen from beach, near soccer field. This is its southern-most extremity. Soon it will be setting over the bay again.


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Wednesday, December 20, 2006



SURPRISE PACKAGE.

The not so lovely side of the lovely scenery. Shot from my front door today. Typical garbage day scene.


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Tuesday, December 19, 2006


BAY BULLS.

Famous for its deep harbour.





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BAY BULLS

Looking out the harbour.


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QUIET POOL.

Came upon this somewhere along the Irish Loop.


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Friday, December 08, 2006


ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, HARBOUR GRACE.

Consectated 1892, this building is presently being restored. The twin towers were removed to make the work of restoration easier, but are now repositioned. It was Registered as a Heritage Structure, April, 1990.



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ST GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, BRIGUS.

Another old historic church. Consecratred 1845. The building i s now the propety of the St. George's Heritage Committee, and is used only for cultural events. Declared a Registered Heritage Structure, Aug., 2004.




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Thursday, December 07, 2006


HAWTHORNE COTTTAGE , Front entrance.

Brigus home of famous Arctic explorer, Captain Bob Bartlett. Building now a National Historic site.



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THE HUMBER.

Form the good old days. Heading back to Quebec after a sumer spent mostly on the salmon streams.



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Sunday, December 03, 2006



COLUMBINE.






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MALADY HEAD.

S.W. Arm, Terra Nova National Park.




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EVENING GATHERING.

Summertime on Topsail Beach.




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STORM CLOUDS.

From Chamberlains Beach.




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Friday, December 01, 2006


OLD CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, Topsail.

In use from 1860 t0 1974. Now a Registered Heritage Sctucture.




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CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, Flat Islands, B.B.

One of the many lovely old outport churches abandoned during "Resettlement". Built 1896. Final Service held, Sept. 21, 1958.






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PORT de GRAVE.




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BLUE-EYED GRASS.

Found almost everywhere amongst the wild grasses.


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