Big Moose in Smelt Brook

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Wrapping up my time in Cape Breton. Lovely place and the people are really excellent.

Photo date: 2011-10-21 12:43:00

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Note: Landscape view looking north.

Photo taken on 2011-10-20 22:07:00

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Note: There' is *some* story that goes with this photo. The short version is the moose had 10 minutes to live. An hour later the RCMP raced past my carving to pull over the truck shown here in front of me.

Photo taken on 2011-10-20 22:01:00

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Note: Close up of textures around head and face of moose.

Photo taken on 2011-10-20 22:00:00

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Note: Evening light on carving.

Photo taken on 2011-10-20 22:00:00

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Note: This is the best color combination for fur, socks, and antlers. The evening light is really nice on this rock.

Photo taken on 2011-10-20 21:57:00

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Note: My host's and his neighbor's boats. The boats are just off the road and many tourists stop to photograph them, so I made my first sign. It reads, 'SEE the PETROGLYPH!'. I hung it up my last night in town, in the dark.

Photo taken on 2011-09-28 07:08:00

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Note: Close up of moose with distant mountains in the late afternoon.

Photo taken on 2011-09-19 22:35:00

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Note: Worksite, carving and distant landscape.

Photo taken on 2011-09-19 22:33:00

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Note: Head of the big moose.

Photo taken on 2011-09-19 22:31:00

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Note: I tried some white stockings on this moose, but my host protested, emphatically.

Photo taken on 2011-09-17 15:02:00

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Note: After more work on the ear, antlers, nose and mouth.

Photo taken on 2011-09-08 15:50:00

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Note: Ray's boat cutting the waves

Photo taken on 2011-09-02 17:11:00

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Note: Where the rock juttet out, I turned into a wave at the bow of the boat.

Photo taken on 2011-09-02 15:56:00

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Note: Reviewing the dates of these photos I carved the fishing boats early in process.

Photo taken on 2011-09-01 14:47:00

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