The resulting explosion, the largest on record up to the time of Hiroshima, was heard a hundred kilometers away. Part of Mont Blanc's anchor went flying over the Halifax peninsula to land two miles away in Fleming Park. In all, nearly two thousand citizens of Halifax perished, and the disaster wiped out the entire north end of the city. All this activity takes place at Historic Properties, a large area of refurbished waterfront that has become the tourist showcase of Halifax. You can also sail local waters on the Mar II, a gaff-rigged ketch of 52 tons originally built in Denmark as an icebreaker and now operated by Murphy's Sailing Tours.
Sailboats are wonderful subjects for wide-angle lenses.
Aiming upwards Into the rigging offers many opportunities for abstracts. Masts and ropes curve inwards, creative opportunities that put persecutive distortion to work for you. Instead, I meter the existing light off my palm, and open the lens one stop above that reading. My exposures are spot on, whatever filters I happen to be using. Photographing people on boats is fun.