The Welland Canal season begins on Thursday April 2nd. But the CCGS
icebreaker Pierre Radisson is required in Lake Erie to bust up a LOT
of ice. Don't think it is as bad as 2014, but it's still more than
most recent seasons. There's no ice in the Canal (at least not below
Lock 7, I didn't check above).

Picture taken as the Radisson tied up briefly (for about 20 minutes)
below Lock 2 in St Catherines Ontario.

Steve

On 3/31/2015 9:53 PM, Steve wrote:
The Welland Canal season begins on Thursday April 2nd. But the CCGS
icebreaker Pierre Radisson is required in Lake Erie to bust up a LOT
of ice. Don't think it is as bad as 2014, but it's still more than
most recent seasons. There's no ice in the Canal (at least not below
Lock 7, I didn't check above).

Picture taken as the Radisson tied up briefly (for about 20 minutes)
below Lock 2 in St Catherines Ontario.

Steve


I hope you get a chance to get a lot of photos this season Steve!

Paul

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:11:43 -0400, Paul McGrane
wrote:


I hope you get a chance to get a lot of photos this season Steve!

Paul

Thanks Paul. I'll get the chance, but the question is...will I be too
lazy to take advantage of it. The basic problem is "same old,,,same
old". The ships mostly look the same as last week's, last month's,
last year's.

Another problem is that some of the decent places for photos have been
fenced off making that elusive great picture a toughie. Picked up a
SONY QX-10 (smartphone attachable) camera to see if that would help
around some of the fences. It won't work with my phone, so I have to
take the tablet or borrow my wife's phone, and even then the
connection is problematic. Glad I got it cheap.

Also picked up a circular polarizing filter to see if I can get some
improved skies.

Steve

Yeah, I know, sometimes you get tired of the same old scenes but it can
be fun just to get out of the house and hang out by the water...and give
your new filter a try!

Paul



On 4/1/2015 9:12 PM, Steve wrote:
On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:11:43 -0400, Paul McGrane
wrote:


I hope you get a chance to get a lot of photos this season Steve!

Paul

Thanks Paul. I'll get the chance, but the question is...will I be too
lazy to take advantage of it. The basic problem is "same old,,,same
old". The ships mostly look the same as last week's, last month's,
last year's.

Another problem is that some of the decent places for photos have been
fenced off making that elusive great picture a toughie. Picked up a
SONY QX-10 (smartphone attachable) camera to see if that would help
around some of the fences. It won't work with my phone, so I have to
take the tablet or borrow my wife's phone, and even then the
connection is problematic. Glad I got it cheap.

Also picked up a circular polarizing filter to see if I can get some
improved skies.

Steve