A taste of St John's Nfld

Surrealplaces · #1 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 5:19 PM**

A few pics from North America's eastern most metro, and one of North America's more interesting cities.

These pics are from a recent trip in June, where I got the chance to meet up with some of the St John's SSP contingent (SignalHillHiker, Jeddy, Copes) all cool guys..

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland Basilica by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

The Rooms in the background

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Canada's Longest Crosswalk

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Full moon over Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Untitled by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

St John's, Newfoundland by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #2 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 5:29 PM**

Aaahhh... I love it! It's so fascinating to see your city through someone else's eyes. And your photography skills are amazing.

This is one of my favourite St. John's pictures ever: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincappis/9475207525/

I love your style. I still struggle with zooming in on specific scenes. I tend to be instinctively drawn to including entire streets or neighbourhoods into panoramic scenes. I really struggle, for example, to take an interesting picture of one or two buildings on Water Street but you just nail it. It looks so urban that way - I really like it. I'm going to practice that.

And it was great meeting you too - such a fun weekend. Pity about the weather while you were here. We swear to God it was beautiful before you came and after you left. Denscity managed to hit a stretch of hot, humid, sunny weather.

cam477 · #3 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 5:29 PM**

Beautiful pictures!

Surrealplaces · #4 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 5:44 PM**

Thanks Ryan! I noticed that the weather picked up after I left, talk about timing lol!

I can't wait to hit St John's when it's sunny. The sun on those colored buildings will be amazing!

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Aaahhh... I love it! It's so fascinating to see your city through someone else's eyes. And your photography skills are amazing.

This is one of my favourite St. John's pictures ever: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincappis/9475207525/

I love your style. I still struggle with zooming in on specific scenes. I tend to be instinctively drawn to including entire streets or neighbourhoods into panoramic scenes. I really struggle, for example, to take an interesting picture of one or two buildings on Water Street but you just nail it. It looks so urban that way - I really like it. I'm going to practice that.

And it was great meeting you too - such a fun weekend. Pity about the weather while you were here. We swear to God it was beautiful before you came and after you left. Denscity managed to hit a stretch of hot, humid, sunny weather.

Copes · #5 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 5:47 PM**

Thumbs up my friend. Wow, what a great set. Was a pleasure to see you, and it has also been a pleasure reliving your trip through these photos.

Deepstar · #6 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 6:26 PM**

Great shots Surreal! I really have to visit STJ sometime.

Danny · #7 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 8:13 PM**

Amazing shots! St John´s is a very pretty city. I love the colours of its houses and the coastline landscape.

Beautiful photography!

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

Chef · #8 Posted **Aug 12, 2013, 11:14 PM**

Great photos! St John's is a very impressive looking city for its' size.

niccanning · #9 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 12:15 AM**

Fantastic shots. Great to see a different perspective as well. Thanks.

Yorkie · #10 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 1:10 AM**

Nice set of a unknown city......makes me hungry for some Italian poutine..

OhioGuy · #11 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 1:47 AM**

Enjoyed that!

cabasse · #12 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 3:41 AM**

wow. pound for pound this has to be one of the most cosmopolitan cities on this continent.

amazing photos, i'm adding this to the list of places i have to see at some point.

Surrealplaces · #13 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Copes

Thumbs up my friend. Wow, what a great set. Was a pleasure to see you, and it has also been a pleasure reliving your trip through these photos.

Great to meet you too Copes! We'll have to meet up again next time I'm in St John's.

SignalHillHiker · #14 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 5:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by cabasse

wow. pound for pound this has to be one of the most cosmopolitan cities on this continent.

amazing photos, i'm adding this to the list of places i have to see at some point.

106,000 City; 200,000 Metro.

BoiseAirport · #15 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 9:43 AM**

AMAZING photos! Lively and atmospheric. Newfoundland is #1 on my list of North American destinations I want to visit - it looks like such a vibrant, lovely place.

Thanks for posting, Surrealplaces!

xzmattzx · #16 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 5:11 PM**

Nice pictures!

mousquet · #17 Posted **Aug 13, 2013, 5:58 PM**

Of course what calls attention in threads about this place - at least mine, living a place often strictly whitish/écru like the local limestone, that's very easily soiled and requires some recurrent heavy and costly cleaning - is the colorful wooden facades, like this:

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

It looks just as nice as simple and easy... I find it quite extremely smart and fun, so to speak.

Habanero · #18 Posted **Aug 17, 2013, 5:03 PM**

Excellent photos Surreal. I should take a trip out there some day.

Ex-Ithacan · #19 Posted **Aug 17, 2013, 6:05 PM**

A taste treat for the eyes. Beautiful pics, thanks for sharing your trip with us.

KB0679 · #20 Posted **Nov 18, 2013, 9:48 AM**

Wow...very picturesque.