Line to the Front
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/5s, 17mm, f/18, ISO 100
Line to the Front
Monthly Archives: July 2013
On the way to the lake…
On the Way to the Lake
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/200, 17mm, f/11, ISO 400
Paddle Through
Paddle Through
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/50s, 35mm, f/20, ISO 100
Time to Say Goodbye
Time to Say Goodbye
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/320s, 200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400
Buttermilk Falls – Gorge Trail
I finally made the time to finish some of the images from my exploring around Ithaca, NY early last week. These are along the gorge trail in Buttermilk Falls State Park. I parked at the upper lot and walked the trail down to the main falls. The best images where definitely along this trail and making the main falls a slight disappointment once I reached it.
Pools
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 3s, 24mm, f/20, ISO 100
Alcove
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.6s, 19mm, f/20, ISO 100
Cascades
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/4, 0.6, 1.6s bracket), 19mm, f/20, ISO 100
Reflection Pool
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/13, 1/3, 1.3s bracket), 17mm, f/20, ISO 100
Stairs
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/3s, 32mm, f/20, ISO 100
Drizzle
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 2s, 21mm, f/20, ISO 100
Up Close
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (0.8, 2, 5s bracket), 38mm, f/20, ISO 100
Layers
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/2, 2, 8s bracket), 24mm, f/20, ISO 100
Blue
A friend of mine on G+ has been doing a series of images involving color. The first was ‘I Hear Colors’ and now she is doing one called ‘I Feel Colors’. They are intriguing abstract images involving color from ordinary objects in a very creative way.
Last night, as I stepped outside before closing the garage door the gathering clouds really caught my attention. I spent the next 30-45 minutes playing around with different views of the swirling, rapidly changing cloud formations. I started with some normal (for me anyways) images and then the color series popped into my head and I changed what I was photographing.
Blues
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 55mm, f/11, ISO 400
Blue Sunset
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/80s, 80mm, f/11, ISO 400
Dream
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 55mm, f/11, ISO 400
Falling
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/80s, 55mm, f/11, ISO 400
Water Shapes
The day before I left to bring my daughter to her college orientation I was searching the NY Falls site for candidates to explore around Ithaca, NY. I knew there where too many potential locations and I was hoping to find a few good ones lumped together. I had a few definitely on my list like Buttermilk Falls and Wells Falls but for some reason I confused the directions for Ithaca Falls and Cascadilla Falls. I suppose if I had just printed out what I wanted I would not have had any issues.
Cascadilla Falls is on Cascadilla Creek right in the city of Ithaca. I was able to park along a side street and walk a short distance to the entrance of the trail. I also did not read the entire website for this falls as the trail is blocked about half way to the falls from the end I started at. I wasn’t able to reach the main falls and since I still had another waterfall on my list for the day I didn’t search out the other end of the trail and work my way down to the falls. It wasn’t a big issue though since the creek is full of beautiful cascades and I was busy capturing all that I could.
I really liked this section of the creek because of the shape created by the water and rocks. Call me crazy but I see a person in the white water with their hands out stretched and the legs straddling the big rock.
Little Steps
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 4s, 17mm, f/18, ISO 100
Shapes
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 2s, 35mm, f/18, ISO 100
A Time Past
This is Wells Falls on Six Mile Creek in Ithaca, NY. On my second day of exploring the gorges and waterfalls in Ithaca I searched out this waterfall after seeing images from Scott Thomas last fall. My normal go to site for waterfall information is NY Falls but it did not have a separate post for this waterfall. Luckily, a quick internet search brought up a post from the Wise Outdoor Adventure blog with some great directions to finding this waterfall. This site also had info on an easy walk down into the gorge.
I had to visit early in the morning since I needed to be back in Binghamton in the afternoon to pick up my daughter from orientation. My next visit to Wells Falls will be later in the day. The sun was not in a good position to illuminate much of the gorge or the old hydro-electric plant built into the walls. Maybe it was better this way though since the water was not in direct sun either. A 3 image, +/-2EV bracket allowed me to capture the range of light and a trip into Photomatix brought everything together.
A Time Past
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/15, 1/4, 1s bracket), 17mm, f/18, ISO 100
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