Balmoral Grist Mill (click to enlarge and for better color)
Here is the Balmoral Grist Mill in Denmark, Nova Scotia. Because of the weather and the spots on the pond, this is not a particularly well done reflection composition. I post it just to let people know that this is a great place to visit on your Nova Scotia tour.
The people working in the mill are very personable and knowledgeable about the mill and the surrounding area. We spent quite a bit of time talking with them while touring the inside of the mill. It is a working mill with lots of interesting detail compositions for the photographer.
The original image had one big flaw where the treeline meets the water on the left side of the image. In the original image there is a big dark spot created by the overhanging branches. Out of curiosity, I used Photoshop’s Content-Aware patch tool to fill in the shadow. I was afraid the dark spot was too large, with not much detail below the area to get a good fill. No worries, Content-Aware had no issues filling in the dark spot. While filling the dark spot did not save this image because of the the weather and spots on the pond, it did remove a major dark area that kept pulling the viewers eye.
Balmoral Grist Mill: N45 38 42.49 W63 11 41.15
Tartan, Great Hall of the Clans at the Gaelic College (click to enlarge)
Here is part of a tartan display at the Great Hall of the Clans at the Gaelic College in Saint Ann’s, Nova Scotia. The complete display shows the tartan for every Scottish clan.
For those with a Scottish heritage, this is a must visit site on Cape Breton Island. Here you can see everything Scottish such as music (piping, fiddle, piano), dancing, sing alongs, and crafts. Don’t miss the lunchtime ceilidhs in the school cafeteria Monday – Friday.
Saint Anns Nova Scotia: N46 12 47.16 W60 36 16.41
Lighthouse Gears (click to enlarge)
Here is part of the gearing mechanism that spins the light in the St. Paul Island South Point Lighthouse located in Dingwall, Nova Scotia. I think this is the first time in all of the lighthouses we have visited that we actually saw the gearing. The gears are in plain sight as you climb the short staircase to the top.
Of course, the lighthouse is no longer on St. Paul Island. It was moved some years back to Dingwall. When you drive up to the lighthouse, it appears to be in someones font yard. The house is actually a small, well kept and informative museum.
St. Paul Island South Point Lighthouse: N46 54 06.60 W60 27 31.62
