When I woke up it was all cloudy and rainy outside. It’s a good thing I had spent so much time visiting things the last two days, so today I could take it easy. I had set my mind on trying to find a tri-pod. I have been wanting to get one for quite some time now, and I had initially thought to get one in San Francisco but I had not succeeded in finding one. New England (Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire and Massachutes) tends to be beautiful when the Maple Trees start to turn colors in fall, and the coast line has several nice harbors and light houses worth a visit. So it’s about time to get that tri-pod so I can use it to shoot some nice pictures in New England.

After having seen numerous cheap tri-pods I found a really nice one. It was a bit more expensive than what I had in mind (max CAD $ 100,-), but after bargaining with the sales person I bought it for CAD $ 145,47 (€ 96,69). It’s made of a magnesium and aluminium allow and feels really sturdy, the head can be changed in 3 directions (pan, tilt, rotate) and the legs can be changed seperately. Also it’s possible to set it really low to the ground (about 28cms) for Macro shots. Hence, a really nice tripod for the money. I could probably have gotten it a bit cheaper than CAD $ 128,- (ex taxes), but I wanted it now so I can use it in New England

In between searching for a tri-pod I also visited the Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal. Unfortunately they were in between exhibitions, so I could only visit the video installations. They were showing a quite interesting documentary about Tjernobil though, it’s weird to see that it has become such a ghost city. Remaining unlivable for the next 20.000 years…