2025 NE Cruise - St John, Sidewalk with Cable Shadows

Knew this was a keeper the moment it was captured; could not resist the shadows as they tracked along the masonry in the sidewalk.  There was a busy background that I didn't like, so covered it over with black.

2025 NE Cruise - St John, Wall with Windows for Card

Had to extend the wall a little to fit the promotional card dimensions of 3.5 x 2, then borrowed the text and layer styles from another card.  Am fairly please with the result.

2025 NE Cruise - St John, Wall with Windows

Chenjean was mercifully patient whenever I wanted to stop for a pic, and is getting used to me stopping at the least expected times.  This I did mid-walk while in town on the way back to the ship.  Immediately I thought of using this image in a promotional card, which will be posted tomorrow.  Meanwhile, how could I not play with the colors?

2025 NE Cruise - St John, White Flowers and Garden Patch

This one was gleaned from the same little patch next to the sidewalk.  Says something about a culture that takes the time to cultivate such beauty on public property...

Zoomed-out view of same below:

2025 NE Cruise - St John, Yellow Flower

I do try to stay away from the boring, mundane, cliché-ish photos - which I hereby dub "Old Fogey Pics" - but sometimes flowers and landscapes are just too pretty, if not interesting, to pass up.  Such as this one, which was part of the landscaping next to a sidewalk in town.

2025 NE Cruise - St John Mural

This is likely one of the larger murals you'll find anywhere.  Fantastic artistry and color...

2025 NE Cruise - St John, Focus-Shifted Perspective of Stone Church

 ...and zooming in enables a focus shift of same:

2025 NE Cruise - St John, Stone Church Exteriors

These last two posts of churches in St John are of one we discovered at the end of a long street on the edge of downtown.  It's called the "Stone Church", which is of the Anglican Church of Canada.  While this is a good, straight-on shot of the building, think taking a picture of the church through these trees adds interest.  As a bonus we have a light post in the foreground:

2025 NE Cruise - St John, Focus-Shifted Model Ship in Library

Also in this library was a large model sailing vessel, which was used to create a focus shift between the wheel and "ropes" in the foreground:

2025 NE Cruise - St John, Library Book Display

We were standing on the second floor across a wide expanse in the lobby, so had to zoom in to 250mm for this shot.  The goal was to get close enough to the books to read their titles.