Iain Leitch Photography

This is the last blog post from my vacation to PEI.  This post contains photos from the Greenwich portion of Prince Edward Island National Park.The first picture is of a Catholic church near the national park. This church is rather large for the small community it serves. The second picture is of a dragon fly sitting on the boardwalk of a trail. The next three photos are of the floating boardwalk going over a pond located in the national park.This pond is fresh water but because of its location so close to the sea, it sometimes gets flooded with sea water. The sixth photo is of the boardwalk ending and the path through the woods starting. The last picture is from the beach near my cottage. It shows off the red rocks of the island. The next blog post will be next Sunday.

This is the second out of 3 or 4 blog posts from my vacation to Prince Edward Island. This post starts off with a picture of the beach at low tide. You can see the water reflecting the sky, and are able to see the cliffs and pine forests above the beach. The second picture is a lighthouse located in Prince Edward Island National Park. This lighthouse is located on the beach, next to the port. The third picture is of the dunes located in the national park. These dunes are sensitive and you are not allowed to walk on them. The fourth picture is of the endangered Piping Plover. You can see the reflection of the bird in the water as it is flying by. The fifth picture is a lighthouse located near Victoria-by-the-Sea. The sixth picture is taken near the lighthouse but is looking across the bay to the farmer's fields. The last picture is a building in Charlottetown that served as the towns liquor storage during prohibition times. Next blog post will be up next Sunday....

For the past two years, my family and I have been going on vacation during the last week of August. This year we went to Prince Edward Island (PEI) for the vacation. We are renting a cottage on the south shore of the island, where the red sand beaches are found. The first photo is of the beach and the cliffs at the cottage that I am staying at. This was taken near high tide so the water level is high, which means there is less beach to see. The second photo is of a cove near the Blockhouse Point Lighthouse, which is actually what the third photo is of. The Blockhouse Point Lighthouse is owned by the Canadian government and is a fully automatic light used by ships for navigation into Charlottetown. This is the second oldest lighthouse on PEI and it basically looks now how it did when it was first built. The fourth picture is of an old building in downtown Charlottetown. The fifth picture is of the inside of St. Dunstan Basilica Cathedral. The picture shows the pews, roof with all o...

This past week has not been a very eventful week for me photography wise. That is why the blog post is lackluster, and will only feature two pictures. The first picture is of a sunflower in my backyard. This sunflower is strange because it does not turn to follow the sun as it moves through the sky. The second photo is a long exposure of lights on a bike. Lights had been attached to the bike spokes and it turned into a pretty good picture. I think that the blue/purple lights look like weird water sprinklers on the road. I used a shutter of 8 seconds, F/11 and ISO 400 for the long exposure picture.

Near the cottage I went to last week is a town called Campbellford. It's just like every other small town in Ontario. That means that it has a nice downtown with restaurants, stores, and a really good bakery. This town is unique because it has a Provincial Park right beside it. That park is called Ferris Provincial Park. The park is known for a suspension bridge that is pictured below in the second picture. The bridge crosses the Trent River which is where Ranney falls is located on. The falls are pictured below on the third picture. In order for boats to go around Ranney Falls, the boats have to go through the Trent-Severn Waterway. The boats have to go through locks number 11 and 12 which are each about an impressive 7 meters tall. The picture of the lock is the first picture in this post.