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Sandy McClearn
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P.Eng. + PMP. Warships IFR magazine contributor. Photography & Maritime History. Based in Nova Scotia. https://smcclearn.smugmug.com/ https://sandblings.blogspot.com/
#photography #shipping #warships #landscape #seascape #blackandwhite
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Sandy McClearn @sandymcclearn.bsky.social · Nov 11
A short intro for my first post - I'm an engineer, project manager, and photographer based in Nova Scotia. I will take photos of just about anything but there is often a maritime or nautical angle. I've put my Twitter account on hiatus and I'm trying some new platforms. Nice to meet you!
Man in a bright jacket standing next to a ship's rail with an iceberg floating on the sea in the background.
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Departure from Halifax Stanfield International Airport last week. #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono #motionblur #aerial #aviation #propeller #halifax #novascotia #EastCoastKin
Spinning aircraft propeller set against a landscape from the air.
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Foundation Maritime’s deep sea salvage tug Foundation Franklin operated from Halifax in the 1930s & 1940s including the SWW, as told in Farley Mowat’s “The Grey Seas Under”. Some company archives photos are on my blog. #salvage #towing #maritime #history sandblings.blogspot.com/2025/11/foun...
Foundation Franklin
What eventually became a sizable fleet of salvage tugs and other vessels began in early 1930 when the former HMS Frisky, a Royal Navy fleet ...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Cloud and shadow over a winter landscape. #photography #aerial #cloud #monochrome #snow #blackandwhite #landscape #blackandwhitephotography #shadow #farmland #winter #EastCoastKin
Clouds cast shadows over snowy farm fields.
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Gatineau and the Gatineau River from the air on the approach to Ottawa last week. #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #aerial #plane #landscape #gatineau #river #quebec #canada #EastCoastKin
Aerial view of a river running through an urban area.
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Stark Realities' (2025) -- Bright Hard Light Streams Through Tree Trunks at the Edge of the Forested Campsite, in the Distance a Few Camper / Trailers, Thomas Point Beach, Outer Brunswick, ME

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
several spaced apart trees casting hard shadows from the bright light, their black twisted barren branches forming shapes against the white sky - in the distance in the snow covered parking lot at least 2 camper / trailers are parked
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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'Spitfire' (2014) -- Fredvang City Limits, Lofoten Archipelago, Arctic Norway

'One Day, All Dem Bags Gonna Get in Your Way...
So Pack Light' -- Erykah Badu

#Stunday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #MountainMonday ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
a high contrast black and white image of a multi layered, descending aurora curtain at night, suspended high over the rocky fjords and lower cloud levels, high above the stars twinkle in the pitch black sky
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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'Traversing Huguenot' (2022) -- In Between Steep, Ascending Segments, a Level Path & Good Amounts of Cooling Shade, Mount Huguenot, Acadia National Park, ME

Fridays Are For #Scape ✨ & #ForestFriday ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
a narrow stone path, shrouded by foliage, dips in and out of shade along the steep rockface of mount huguenot
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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A Dash 8 on the tarmac at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in the background of another Dash 8’s spinning propeller. #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #aviation #aircraft #motionblur #bombardier #dash8 #halifax #novascotia #cityscape #scape #EastCoastKin
Spinning aircraft propeller viewed out the window with another similar aircraft in the background.
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Pine needles floating behind a water level control dam in Bedford, NS. #photography #drone #aerial #dam #park #aerialphotography #bedford #novascotia #water #EastCoastKin
Aerial view of pine needles floating on water behind a dam. Aerial view of a floating boom on water in front of a dam and park in autumn. A different view of the previous image taken from a higher elevation.
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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A vineyard near Meaford, Ontario. #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #vineyard #meaford #ontario #EastCoastKin
Vines growing up a utility pole and wires next to a vineyard.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Lineup of CC-295 Kingfishers on the ramp at CFB Comox as seen on arrival at the civilian terminal. #photography #aviation #kingfisher #rcaf #aircraft #royalcanadianairforce #comox #search&rescue #airbus #airport #EastCoastKin
Lineup of 4 search and rescue aircraft at an airfield with a low cloud deck in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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CF-18 Hornet in a turn. #photography #aviation #clouds #aviationphotography #jetfighter #hornet #cf18 #rcaf #flight #EastCoastKin
Looking straight up at a CF-18 Hornet jet fighter in a turn.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Apparently curling games are more raucous than I remember from my day. Is it just the brooms possibly leaving the ice surface, or rocks too? #CanadianCurlingTrials #Halifax #ScotiaBankCentre
Sports rink with sign warning of objects leaving the ice.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Air France airliner on the ground at Pearson International Airport. #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #silhouette #aviation #airport #toronto #travel #cityscape #scape #EastCoastKin
Airliner in silhouette on the ground at an airport.
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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My piece on the RCN’s/RCAF’s ongoing issues with the CH-148 Cyclone and their drone aspirations appears on pages 38/39 of the November issue of Warships IFR magazine. #WarshipsIFR #writing #photography #defence #RoyalCanadianNavy
Cover of Warships IFR magazine featuring an Indian destroyer. Interior magazine spread with helicopter photos.
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The approach by air to Toronto, Ontario. #photography #aerial #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #aviation #ontario #farmland #EastCoastKin
View from airplane window of the wing over farmland.
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Harsh shadows. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #shadow #EastCoastKin
Chimney casting a shadow on the side of a building.
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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A couple of Laser dinghies sailing on the Northwest Arm in Halifax, Nova Scotia - in November! #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #sailing #Laser #dinghy #halifax #novascotia #EastCoastKin
Two sailing dinghies in partial silhouette against sun glare on water.
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Grain elevator in the Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia. #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #architecture #building #halifax #novascotia #industry #industrial #cityscape #scape #EastCoastKin
Rail cars and shrouded conveyors in the foreground of a concrete edifice.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I was playing around on the weekend with sun glare off water and the different bokeh from wide and narrow apertures - the shot at f/4 has better contrast. #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bokeh #glare #aperture #technique #silhouette #EastCoastKin
Vegetation in silhouette against sun glare off water with wide aperture. Vegetation in silhouette against sun glare off water with narrow aperture.
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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A building in front of the grain elevator in the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #portofhalifax #halifax #novascotia #grainelevator #building #architecture #infrastructure #EastCoastKin
Lighter shaded building in front of a taller dark concrete wall.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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For Remembrance Day, a photo of the War Memorial in Ottawa. #remembranceday #remembrance #canada
Night photo of a war memorial with bronze sculpture of men and horses towing an artillery piece through an arch as seen from the side.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Metal stairs cast a shadow amidst the glare off a building’s metal siding. #photography #shadow #blackandwhite #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #stairs #metal #building #exterior #contrast #EastCoastKin
Metal stairs cast a shadow amidst the glare off a building’s metal siding.
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Glass tower reflections in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. #photography #architecture #architecturephotography #building #glass #reflections #tower #halifax #novascotia #cityscape #scape #EastCoastKin
A building reflecting on the curved glass face of another office tower.
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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An old barn next to a tree in a farmer’s field southeast of Collingwood, Ontario. #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #farm #field #barn #farming #ontario #EastCoastKin
Barn and tree in a field.
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM