Thursday, June 12, 2008

Sky Watch Over the Tantramar


In this region, once called Beaubassin, the Acadians settlers built dikes in the early 1700's along these salt water marshes. Today this area is called the Tantramar Marshes. The name Tantramar was derived from the Acadian French word 'tintamarre' meaning 'din or racket', in reference to the noise made by the many birds that feed there. (source Wikipedia) The Tantramar Marshes are located near Sackville, NB.
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Storm Clouds Over the Tantramar
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This photo above was scanned from an older 35mm print taken several years ago.
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My many thanks to Tom Wigley for hosting Sky Watch Friday . For other Sky Watch entries please visit Tom's page.

46 comments:

Anonymous said...

Let me tell you that your top photo is excellent and would work in dozens of places. I really like it. You got it all -- from perspective to contrast, and color harmony.

marcia@joyismygoal said...

wow idyllic!!! the yellow is sooo sweet and great contrast w/ the vibrant colors the set up is so picture perfect definitely frame worthy

SandyCarlson said...

The clouds seem to be moving in that second photo. They pull me right in!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

I really like the capture with the fence line. Great SWF.

Tom said...

Thank you for joining in with Sky Watch this week and helping to make it special.

Tom :O)

Max-e said...

Looks like a beautiful area. I like the composition of your pics, especially the first one

Michele said...

I love all those little yellow flowers in the top photo... pretty.
The clouds look dark and moody in that second and looks very good despite being a 35mm print.. very nice!
Mountain Retreat

Petunia said...

Amazing!
Beautiful and dramatic. I think I like the dramtic one best..

Petunia's SWF

Sandpiper (Lin) said...

Gorgeous pictures!! You live in such a beautiful place. One of these days, I'll get there to visit.

Anne said...

The best pictures so far. And I have seen all the 31 once !!!

I love the beautiful landscape, the colours and EVERYTHING !!

Nice weekend to you, from Anne in the middle of Norway.

Anonymous said...

Wow, Excellent capture

Voz do meu Coração said...

Very beautiful the photos, I can not feel the smell. Congratulations.

bobbie said...

Your photos look almost like paintings. Very beautiful!

***Fotografia e Luz*** said...

Very beautiful sequence of photos with the magnificent sky

Pretty Life Online said...

nice catch for SWF! the twinkling sky seemed to throbs off to one body, timed for a common pulse. Mine's up too hope you can drop by.

Elisabeth said...

I`m lost! WOW, nice pictures

Champ Townboy said...

Gorgeous shots!!

Carletta said...

I love both shots; but that first one is absolutely stunning!

FO - 2 said...

BEAUTIFUL! :)
Love it!

esnorway said...

nice pic

Pat - Arkansas said...

Lovely photos and good information about the area. Nice Sky Watch.

Louise said...

Love the photos. Came here for Sky Watch Friday and will return after seeing some of the great material you photograph!

Lilli & Nevada said...

WHoa those are some heavy clouds

Louis la Vache said...

Very fine selections for SWF!

"Louis", an early riser, caught San Francisco waking up.

Anonymous said...

I love these photos. The first shot is absolutely perfect, beautifully composed. That second shot is amazing, and I think it's my favorite. The sky is so heavy and ominous in that one -- it's gorgeous and dramatic. Great shots!

EG CameraGirl said...

New Brunswick is a gorgeous province!

Anne-Berit said...

Beautiful photos,love the colours!

Chuck Pefley said...

Love your first photo in particular! The fence adds so much to this image. Well done!

Becky said...

Oh my, what a spectacular photo, the top one. I would like to have a painting of that in my home ! Very nice post.
Becky

Barb said...

I absolutely love the first photo. Picnic anyone?

Mary said...

Both are gorgeous pictures! I love the blue sky, fence post, yellow flowers, but the drama in the second sky is neat, too! Interesting about what the name means and it sound like a great name to say.

Unknown said...

Beautiful photography. Great post.

Gary
Bodge's Bulletin

maryt/theteach said...

Beautiful skies over a beautiful area! I can't believe that 2nd photo is scanned! :D

Kay said...

This is totally, totally awesome! There is such a power and majesty in those skies.

Anonymous said...

Very nice contrasts. Beautiful skies!

Unknown said...

Excellent shots for swf!

Kathie Brown said...

Do the birds still raise a racket? Are there enough still there? I love the photo and would love to see this place! Beautiful!

Gayle said...

I like the fields...seems like you could wander forever through them.

Louis la Vache said...

"Louis" thanks you for your kind comments about his s H a K y S h O t. For this next "ABC Wednesday", stop by for "Visions from Hell!"

Anonymous said...

I love your top image. There's a lot that's right about it: color, contrast, composition, perspective, harmony...very nice!

Pernille said...

Very beautiful and dramatic shots.

Gerald (Ackworth born) said...

phew yes - a lot of birds make a lot of noise!

mercè said...

Marvelous landscapes them grasped: One idyllic: the full field of flowers; the other with some precious clouds of different textures and edges colored .
Absolutely wonderful!!

Grant Marcus said...

This is a great shotI just love the depth in this shot, it is almaost as if you can get lost there, great pic

Grant marcus Photo-Africa

Rose said...

I missed a lot of posts last weekend...sure glad I scrolled on down today. These are great.

Pearl Maple said...

Found your link on Sky Watch Friday, you do have some beautiful photos on your site and all the better to be from New Brunswick.

Have travelled far from home and always enjoy a glimpse of the unique landscape in the area.

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