Last week my wife and I spent a few days in Ottawa and Hull (Hull is just across the Ottawa river in Quebec). I took along my MZ-7 & FA 2-90mm, together with my 1927 Zeiss-Ikon Cocarette and my 1937 Rolleicord II.
I've loaded up some images to my webpage. If you'd like to see them please go to http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall/Ottawa/ As always comments are most welcome. I was disappointed to find that the Library of Parliament is undergoing renovation, and instead of being a beautiful gothic building it is now covered by a huge tent. I was also disappointed that statute of the indian scout has been moved from the base of the Champlain statue on Nepean point to a local park. I took along a 24mm lens to capture the scout with Parliament Hill in the backgroud - ah well. The statue was apparently moved back in 1999 in a spirit of 'political correctness'. I hope he's happy in his new location, although instead of a beautiful view of Parliament Hill he's now surrounded by drug dealers in the park. I also intended to try a flight in a biplane at the aircraft museum but discovered that the biplane only flies on weekends, and their Tiger Moth was in the shop. Another disappointment was the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. The current exhibition is 'John Massey: The House That Jack Built'. Not my cup of tea unfortunately. On the plus side We did visit the 'Diefenbunker'. A four story, 100,000 square feet, underground bunker constructed during the height of the cold war to protect the Prime Minister and other essential personnel in the case of nuclear attack. I did notice that a spot was reserved for the Minister of Immigration and Tourism - an obviously essential person for the future of a devastated Canada. Sadly no photography was permitted so I can't share any images. Worth a visit if you're ever in the area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Widall, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall ----------------------------------------------------------------------
