Toronto Photography Meetup Group

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What: Niagara Peninsula
When: Sat. Jul. 31
Time: 5:00am
Where: 50 Point Beach - north end of Kelson Ave. N., just west of 50 Point Conservation Area, Stoney Creek
Bring: Camera, Tripod, etc.

I thought it might be interesting to do a little tour of the portion of the Niagara Peninsula between Stoney Creek and Vineland, since I'll be going that way anyway to spend Sunday and Monday with my Father. I'd like to do a sunrise at 50 Point Beach. This is the spot I'm aiming to find:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralfnowak/4518385192/

I'm hoping that we could get there without having to pay to go into the conservation area, but since I haven't been there before I'm not making any promises.

After that, I thought that we could drive around the area, stopping at Puddicombe Farms to pick up later arrivals, and the the Comfort Maple, Jordan, and anywhere else that takes our fance, and then finish up at the old ship in Jordan Harbour.

easy to get too Its at the end of a long cat walk on the west side of the military gun range

through the mine field?

Yeah Ill send you your directions seperatley from everyone elses

better give him a metal detector

Dislike to wake up early but it's hard to resist such beautiful sunrise.

just out of curiosity, what time are you going to leave TO, whoever's going from TO?

Well, I'm planning on leaving Port Credit (Mississauga) at 4:00am. I suspect that will get me there a little bit earlier than necessary.

I think I'll be making this - damn early day though! lol

Where can I park closes to be beach area where you will be??

Planning on leaving the East end at about 3:45ish.

Parking directions would be appreciated if anyone knows! (google maps looks like you can drive right to the end and there is a little parking lot, but not sure)

not sure of the roads but there is parking at the top of the long cat walk its not designated but noone will bother you

I'm tentatively going camping this weekend, but if that falls through I'm in.

I haven't been to 50 point in ummmm 20+ years; I remember riding my bicycle with fishing pole when I was a weeee lil boy..... interesting indeed.

Will consider.....

So, who's offering rides?

I'm picking up Alice at 4am in front of the chapters at Yorkdale. So if anyone else needs a ride there are a couple of spots in my car.

Jordan

I have room too

Camping cancelled. Provided I wake up I'll go stare at the sun with you guys & gals.

Edit: Where exactly are we meeting?

50 Point Beach - north end of Kelson Ave. N., just west of 50 Point Conservation Area, Stoney Creek

Here is a map of that spot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralfnowak/ ... _by=recent

Kelson is east of 50 Point Conservation Area... Regardless, the north end of Kelson it is!

I have Alice's number if I'm late or can't find you guys.

Fun day! I had said offhand earlier in the day that I would like to do a tour of Ontario's wine region; little did I know I was about to get one!

I hope everyone got home safe. It was nice meeting some new faces.

Exhausted. Bed now.

Lots of fun - Thanks Janet for organizing this!! Even with the detours

Really long day - I still can't believe i'm still up!!

Had a great time yesterday. It was really nice to meet all of you. Thanks Janet for setting it all up!

Thanks Janet ..that was a great day...

so wish I could have gone

I hope I get to see photos soon!

^^^

That's a beauty of a shot! Am I allowed to say one thing though? :S

The one thing that really caught my attention at first... was the shadow at the bottom of the image... in the middle-left section.

I love the shot otherwise, though! Makes me want to go into that field and lie down in it.

Thanks for pointing out ..yea the shadow feels weird..
i appreciate for taking the time to comment ....

no problem! glad I could be of some assistance.

Good finding of the place and thanks for organizing this, Janet!!! I had a great time .

Jordan, thanks for the ride!











TPMG member asleep on the road .

The day started far too early when this thing came up:



My haystack picture:



Lesson learned there is to bend down so it doesn't look like your haystack is gonna tip over.

We then went to another farm where I saw a truck and a pear:





Apparently Nikons are tremendously complicated. Here a team attempted to figure this one out. Sadly they were unsuccessful:



Yeshwanth, from a quick comparison of the 17-40L to the Sigma 17-35 I would say that the Canon captures a little cooler than the Sigma; probably a little more accurate in colour rendition. I didn't do any real pixel peeping. Thanks for the opportunity to shoot with the 17-40L for a while.