When we reached Peggy's Cove from Halifax, I was extremely disappointed. It was very foggy. The tourist site was just big rocks and a lighthouse and a small general store, all gray in the dense fog. The area visible around it was very limited. We couldn't even have a glimpse of the sea past the rocks. Luckily, there was an inlet and a few low buildings I could see through the haze. Of course I took pictures for memories even if I expected them to come out blurred. I was still using film then and when the pictures were developed I had my surprise and a very valuable photography lesson learned: The fog acts as a sort of filter which gives one's pictures a special kind of clarity. Without the fog I wouldn't have been able to capture the stillness of the scenery in this, one of my favorite if not my favorite photo.
(Nova Scotia, June 2004)
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