Randomness

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With gloomy weather in the forecast today, I’d envisioned some dreary, misty, morning photos at Lake Nockamixon. I had a section of tall pines in mind that I’d hoped to catch towering up into the fog. Instead, the weather cleared up, and I had to adjust my sails. Today turned into a random photography day where I just got in the car and drove, pulling over to explore any sites that interested me.

Below are a few images I’m happy with from today’s meanderings. Maybe it’s just the “Leica look” put out by the Q2 but I love the details in these images. Especially with the leading image of the excavator, shot at f/1.7. It has a 3D pop to it, right? I feel the same way about the third image of the shiny corrugated steel sheet against the textured green brick wall. They just seem to pop.

1/3200 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2

1/500 sec at f/5.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2

1/250 sec at f/4.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2

1/640 sec at f/5.0, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2

1/320 sec at f/4.5, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q2

Poe Paddy State Park

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Spent the weekend camping at Poe Paddy State Park, located in Woodward, PA. Temperatures were in the low fifties during the day and dipped down to freezing at night. I was loving my -20 degree winter bag and enjoyed some morning golden hour photos along Penns Creek.

1/60 sec at f/16, ISO 1000, 28mm, Leica Q

1/60 sec at f/8.0, ISO 320, 28mm Leica Q

1/60 sec at f/16, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q

1/500 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q

1/60 sec at f/8.0, ISO 200, 28mm, Leica Q

1/80 sec at f/1.7, ISO 100, 28mm, Leica Q

1/60 sec at f/11, ISO 500, 28mm, Leica Q

Foggy morning

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I’ve made a lot of power line images. I just really like the way these towers are constructed and how proud they seem no matter where I see them. This morning’s fog put a whole different mood over my typical scene.

Shootin' the moon

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Camping on 7th Lake with my family this week, I took advantage of the dark mountain sky. There’s so little light pollution up here in the Adirondacks. It’s funny; I never realized how fast the moon is moving until I tried to capture it. Between adjusting camera settings I found the moon was moving through my frame quite quickly! Using a shutter speed of 1/15 second seemed almost too slow, so I ended up bumping it up to 1/25 second and took a bunch of test shots playing with the aperture until ultimately settling at f/10 on my 500mm lens. Having never really tried to capture the moon before, I am happy with these results.

1/20 sec at f/10, ISO 50, 500mm, Sony A7R IV

Philly architecture

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It has been a long time since I’ve pointed my camera at so many buildings. Today’s on-and-off rain and low cloud cover provided some great naturally diffused light and beautiful soft shadows. I had a great time down in Philly and am happy with the images I made today. So many interesting patterns and textures. I remain amazed at the crisp goodness coming out of the Fujifilm X100V. The fixed 23mm lens (35mm full frame equivalent) is incredible. Tack sharp!

1/60 sec at f/10, ISO 640, 23mm

1/170 sec at f/8.0, ISO 160, 23mm

1/180 sec at f/3.6, ISO 160, 23mm

A case of stairs

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These images were made shooting at 1/80 second and 1/60 second at f/16, ISO 100, 14mm, Sony A7R IV.

Adirondack Landscapes

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Lakes in the Dax seem to dry right up during the winter months. The dead stump, out of which blueberry bushes and a young tree have sprouted, is usually underwater during the summer months. I was able to walk right out to this stump, Moses-style. Similarly, the sand bar from which I shot the bottom image is usually underwater.

1/250 sec at f/8.0, ISO 100, 14mm Sony A7C

1/60 sec at f/11, ISO 100, 14mm, Sony A7C