Day 68 - Saint John Scenery

I just said to Patti, "Boy, Saint John is hard to photograph." And it's true.

An amazing, odd city on the Bay of Fundy, Saint John offers an interesting patchwork of historic buildings and modern additions, lines of three-storey brick edifices marred by empty lots, boarded up derelicts and 7-11s.

That makes it tough to photograph because you want to fight against the mess and find some way to capture the history on its own, or the derelicts by themselves. You just can't seem to frame a shot that is purely one or the other.

I took 46 pictures during a 15-minute walk through the core of Saint John and, while many turned out well and are interesting, not one jumped out at me and said, "Pick Me!" I like this shot because it captures some of the many neat life-sized sculptures that litter the downtown area with some of the older buildings in the background. Not bad, I think.

And the sign between the two figures is for a French restaurant, Opera Bistro, that we're told is wonderful. We, of course, opted for Indian food since our hometown, Fredericton, is in desperate need of a good Indian restaurant.