A few shots from the past month. The weather has been rough, windy and rainy most weekends but these were a few I took with the 'Bigma' other than the last shot which was the FA35mm. The stormy day saw the front move through very quickly near sunset and provide the rays of light skyward. You can tell that the shots along the cause way were taken at 2 different times. 2 and 3 were in the middle of the day and 1 & 4 were late in the day. The sunset was taken at another time.

CC always welcome.

[Peter Zack]

The last 2 from this past month

[Mandi]

The sky in that last shot is absolutely awesome - well done!!

I'm impressed by the size of those waves - I know you were using a long lens, but those shots look as if theyre going to sweep the traffic right off the road!

[hamidlmt]

I would not want to be driving down that road! Nice shots!

[daacon]

Wow Peter "ever been to sea Billy?" .... those waves of salty cold water look nasty - how many Zibart shops are on the Island ? The first one looks dangerously close to the power lines or is that just the angle of the photo ? Nice shots.

[Fl_Gulfer]

I have a friend that lives up in your area and she sent me pictures of the surf and it was unbelieveable. Those shot's with the bigma and great. About how far was you from the shots.

[lapeen]

WOW!! Those photos are great... and scary for the drivers on that road!!

[nycxaro]

Hi Peter,
Scary moments you caught there. Thanks for sharing these.

[The Pentax Hammer]

What great photos of the waves crashing!! Man, you can almost feel the power of those hitting! Excellent job on these, Peter!

[Peter Zack]

Thanks everyone for the comments. As for distance to the subject in the first shot I would have been about 250 meters (750 feet+) from the utility tower. I am very pleased with the Bigma. Yeah it's a little heavy but many of my best shots are with that lens. If you are considering long glass (and given the lack of it from Pentax) then I would say this is one of the better ones to look for. One of the things that makes it great is the wide focal range. Go out in the woods with a wide to mid tele and this lens and that's all you may need. No complaints here.

The spray from the waves did hit the power lines and I assume they have some sort of water tight jacket on them or the salt would corrode them pretty fast. Dave the east coast cars don't last as long as the western province cars. Between the ocean and the winter road salt a car body is done in about 8-10 years or less. In Nova Scotia you are no more than 100kms from the sea no matter where you are and it is surprising how far inland the effects (temperature and so on) of the ocean are felt.

The surf in certain parts is pretty good here and there are 100's of kms of good beaches all around. But having been to California, I think the surf here is small. But then here, there are the hurricanes and storms....

Edit: BTW did anyone notice the 2 brave souls on motorbikes that were in the first shot? Have a look at the far left near the bird.