Mohawk River Trail

Yesterday was the day. Temperatures in the middle to upper 50’s, and a sunny blue sky. Time for a walk. I had multiple reasons for the walk…

• Exercise
• Get off my lazy butt
• Try out a smaller messenger size camera bag
• Play with my 40mm prime lens
• Get my legs use to walking again as I’m four weeks away from vacation (Disney, of course)

I can get on the Mohawk River Trail at the end of the street my apartment is on. I need only walk about 150 yards and cross the boulevard to be on the trail. From there my usual walk is roughly five miles round trip.

I started with the 40mm lens. This is a small prime lens with retro styling. It pairs with the 28mm lens I bought earlier in the year. My plan is to utilize these two lenses during my Disney trips for walking around images. Both lenses reduce the overall size of my camera. As much as I’m loving the 50mm it is twice the size of either lens.

I walked the trail to my normal turn around spot. I then switched to my 105mm macro lens. This turned out to be a good idea. The same things looked differently through my macro lens. I even focused on different subjects (and occasionally, the same one). Not only was the walk good exercise for my legs, it was also good for my eyes. The two lenses allowed me to see differently.

A rock stack along the river. The first with the 40mm and the second with the 105mm. There is an hour and a half time difference between the two images which can be seen in the shadows along the rocks.