Letchworth State Park
Lower Falls from Foot Bridge
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 1/13s, 28mm, f/16, ISO 100
Peeking Lower Falls
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/3s, 82mm, f/20, ISO 100
Lower Falls
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/6s, 135mm, f/20, ISO 100
Letchworth State Park
I know I have said this before but New York State has some incredible landscape. I dream of traveling out West to visit our more famous national parks, but I am still impressed with these state parks. This park was voted the best in the nation for state parks with good reason… it is beautiful.
The GPS brought me into the North East end of the park. I had a good 15 mile drive to reach the more reachable scenic areas in the lower end of the park. Before I get to the three waterfalls, I thought I would show off the views of the gorge.
Tea Table
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 1/20s, 17mm, f/16, ISO 100
Looking Back at Tea Table
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 1/125s, 19mm, f/16, ISO 100
Great Bend East
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 1/20s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 100
Great Bend South
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 1/125s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 100
Great Bend Overlook
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 1/100s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 100
Barge Canal near Bellamy Harbor Park
Wired Sunset
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.6s, 19mm, f/16, ISO 100
Letchworth State Park
I started the summer with a few visits to New York’s state parks. My plan was to explore more as the summer progressed. As you probably can tell from my posts I did not succeed. Labor Day did afford me an opportunity for an adventure and I made the most of it. I left the house before 5am to make the 3 hour trip to Letchworth State Park. There is a reason this park was voted the best in the nation… it is gorgeous!
My first trip a few years ago (see posts here) was fantastic but this time I made sure to get to the park early enough to capture the morning sun. The morning was wonderful but as the sun traveled toward apogee I could feel the warm air rising from the canyon below. Not to sound a little whiny but I wish I had picked a day that didn’t reach 90 degrees to make this trip. lol
I’ll be posting more images later but I wanted to get this selfie out first. I took the time to enjoy the park and not just run from one photo opportunity to the next. There are an almost unlimited supply of benches scattered throughout the park with amazing views of the canyon. No need to bring a camera. Just pick a bench, sit down and enjoy…
Great Bend Selfie
Nikon D7100, Tokina 12-28mm f/4, 1/60s, 28mm, f/16, ISO 100
Monorail Monday
On my last trip to Walt Disney World I discovered the joy of going to the parks lite. There were numerous times I just grabbed the camera, a single lens and headed out for adventure. No long lines to have my bag checked by security. No worrying if the backpack will fit in a locker along with the tripod and everything else I normally haul into a park. It was a game changer for me.
This image of the Monorail Teal leaving the Magic Kingdom station is a result of that lite mode of operation. I had the camera on its strap and as soon as I noticed the monorail leaving the station as I was walking up to the park entranced I started firing away. Normally the camera would still have been its backpack for the eventual search at bag check.
Resort Monorail – Teal
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/800s, 58mm, f/11, ISO 400
Rayhill Memorial Trail
Orange Light
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/320s, 32mm, f/16, ISO 800
Rayhill Memorial Trail
I have not walked the Rayhill Memorial Trail at all this year. Last night was looking like it was going to be a good sunset and I needed to get outside after a long week at work. I started at the opposite end of the trail than I normally do, figuring walking into the sunset would provide better image opportunities. It did, but boy did I have to walk through an onslaught of bugs! Those big patches of light specks in the image are the bugs!
Flying Gauntlet
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 70mm, f/8, ISO 200
Barge Canal
Landscape Interrupted
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/4s, 19mm, f/16, ISO 100
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