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The Challenge

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I decided to go exploring at Delta Lake State Park again after dinner. The temperature hit around 90°F today but after polishing off way too much food I needed the walk. I hadn’t been out with the camera in a day or two so I had to capture some pictures. I swear this photography addiction is worse than my chocolate addiction!

The sun was producing some brilliant orange light as it set through a slight haze which allowed for some great colors tonight. The dry spell we have been experiencing has lowered the water level in the lake so I was able to walk along the rocks and reach a few new places tonight. Luckily for me most of the day visitors had already gone home so I practically had the place to myself.

I decided to leave my 55-200mm Nikon lens on the camera. Normally I would use my wide-telephoto lens but thought it would be interesting to see this familiar setting through a different lens. It challenged me to find different compositions and I ended up focusing on more of the details rather than the grand vistas.

Here are a few of my favorites…

The Line
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/200s, 86mm, f11, ISO 200

Buoy Jam
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/100s, 150mm, f16, ISO 200

Speeding
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/160s, 200mm, f5.6, ISO 200

Prehistoric Find?
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 105mm, f4.5, ISO 200

Sentinel Posts
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 160mm, f16, ISO 200

Silhouette in Orange
Nikon D5100, Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 90mm, f16, ISO 200

Calm Water Falling

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Calm Water Falling
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.0, 1/50s, 17mm, f16, ISO 400

I returned to one of my favorite spots tonight, the park along the NY State Barge Canal in south Rome, NY.  It is located were the Black River enters the canal.  I decided to look for different compositions and made an effort to not duplicate pictures I had captured before.

This image is from the pedestrian bridge over the spillway just as the river enters the canal.  I was lucky there was no wind so the river was like a mirror.  I loved the contrast between the calm and falling water.  Plus the reflection is pretty sweet too!