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Last Sunday after I had to stop into work I made my way to the barge canal and walked the trail in the early morning light. I had another great time exploring a section of the barge canal west of Lock 20. There is a maintenance facility at the start of the trail and I found this NYS Barge Canal boat just begging me to explore all of its details. The full, wide image just didn’t do it for me but as I walked all around the boat I found dozens of interesting images.

Dry Dock? Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/250s, 24mm, f/8, ISO 400

Dry Dock?
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/250s, 24mm, f/8, ISO 400

Character Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/250s, 50mm, f/8, ISO 400

Character
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/250s, 50mm, f/8, ISO 400

Throw Me a Line Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 42mm, f/8, ISO 400

Throw Me a Line
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 42mm, f/8, ISO 400

153 Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 24mm, f/5.6, ISO 400

153
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 24mm, f/5.6, ISO 400

Layers of History Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/320s, 35mm, f/5.6, ISO 400

Layers of History
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/320s, 35mm, f/5.6, ISO 400

Autumn at Pratt’s Falls

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Autumn at Pratt's Falls Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.8s, 17mm, f/16, ISO 100

Autumn at Pratt’s Falls
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 0.8s, 17mm, f/16, ISO 100

Water Colors Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/8s, 70mm, f/16, ISO 100

Water Colors
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/8s, 70mm, f/16, ISO 100

Opportunity Details

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Over the weekend there were issues at work that I had to deal with. It doesn’t happen often so I don’t mind having to spend some of the weekend on unplanned activities. The difficult part is when the weekend was as nice as last weekend was. The price you have to pay I guess. Plus, I rationalized it even further by remembering that my vacation starts this coming weekend and working must have been the down payment… 🙂

While I was waiting for an electrician to arrive I grabbed the Olympus camera and played around in the equipment scrap heap out behind the building. I could have spent all day out there! So many details to capture. Every step revealed more images to capture. These are a few of my favorites.

Chained Perspective Olympus E-P3, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 1/200s, 42mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Chained Perspective
Olympus E-P3, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 1/200s, 42mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Two Turns to the Right Olympus E-P3, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 1/400s, 34mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Two Turns to the Right
Olympus E-P3, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 1/400s, 34mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Almost Three Olympus E-P3, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 1/80s, 18mm, f/8, ISO 200

Almost Three
Olympus E-P3, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 1/80s, 18mm, f/8, ISO 200

Dig Deep

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Sunday morning was just a great autumn day. I had to stop into work early but by 8am I was walking along the barge canal with the camera. I tried something a little different yesterday. I used one lens on the walk out and then switched to the 8mm fish-eye lens for the return trip. I wanted to try ‘seeing’ differently with that big wide angle lens. I actually captured a few interesting views. This crawler excavator turned out to be one of my favorites.

Dig Deep Nikon D5100, Rokinon 8mm f/3.5, 1/640s, f/11, ISO 400

Dig Deep
Nikon D5100, Rokinon 8mm f/3.5, 1/640s, f/11, ISO 400