Going to and from an appointment on Tuesday brought me past Walden Pond. On the way I noticed how still the water was so I decided to stop on my way back to shoot some photos.
It pays to have your camera with you at all times, you never know when inspiration will strike!
18-105mm lens at 25mm, f/8 at 1/250 sec, ISO 200
I’m spending Thursday and Friday at a conference in Providence, RI. It’s a good meeting, I first attended it in 1995, that was the first scientific conference of any kind I ever attended. A nice perk of going to the meeting is that I actually have a shorter commute, it’s faster for me to drive from home to downtown Providence than to my office.
Thursday afternoon I took a break from the conference and wandered the area for a little bit, I liked this view of the state capital
18-105mm lens at 45 mm, 1/800 sec at f/4.8, ISO 200
It’s almost hard to believe that just a few days ago this area got several inches of snow, now it’s back to looking like a typically gorgeous New England fall.
105mm macro lens, 1/2000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
A Friday afternoon walk around a local state park. The parking lot is empty, closed off for the season.
(I parked by the boat ramp, which is still open)
105mm macro lens, 1/1000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
There’s not a soul around the picnic area
105mm macro lens, 1/160 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
The rental canoes and kayaks are stacked and locked up
105mm macro lens, 1/250 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
And there’s a hint of fall in the trees
105mm macro lens, 1/1000 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200
Yeah, sunset pics are hardly original, but sometimes the sky looks sooo gorgeous I just can’t resist.
I swear, this is right out of the camera, no tricks in Photoshop to mess with the colors!
18-105mm lens at 105 mm, 1/80 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800
As my flight home to Boston was on final approach for landing, this was the view out my window. I had to break the rules and turn on my phone to get a photo, it was too good to pass up!
Taken with my iPhone
My hotel Monday night is in a really nice mixed office/retail area, the fountains are at the center of it and made for a nice place to wander around and walk off some of a delicious dinner with friends and colleagues.
Taken with my iPhone
The top of Mt Wachusett, that is.
Katie and I, along with her best friend Kelly, went for a hike yesterday evening to the 2006 ft summit of the mountain, which I believe is the highest in the state (yeah I know, 2000 ft is nothing). This is the view to the north, that’s basically southern New Hampshire that you’re looking at. I could also see the Boston skyline but from 40+ miles away with hazy skies the photo turned out like crap.
18-105mm lens at 105 mm, 1/80 sec at f/16, ISO 2000
I alluded to this shot on Day 157 (there’s an advantage to being behind posting photos!)
Wednesday night there were some awesome thunderstorms off to the south and I was sitting out on the back deck watching the lightning show, camera in hand. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get a photo of lightning?
Fortunately my pea-sized brain managed to remember that my DSLR is also capable of recording video! Start recording and wait to see what happens. It only took 10 seconds before I had something good!
The downside is that I couldn’t figure out how to capture a still from a video, so I took the lazy way and grabbed a screen shot from the playback in QuickTime. A little grainy, but that’s okay
Tuesday morning I woke up (very early!) at home in the Boston suburbs.
Tuesday afternoon I was at 14,110 ft above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. Pretty cool, huh? And the scenery isn’t too bad either!
18-105mm lens at 18 mm, 1/1250 sec at f/3.5, ISO 200
