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Beach Club Floating

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Beach Club, Crescent Lake, Walt Disney World

Beach Club Floating
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M, Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 4s, 34mm, f/11, ISO 200

Midday Pixley

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Pixley Falls State Park

It was finally the end of the work week. It had been long. On Tuesday I chose to do the morning for me and captured the sunrise. Yesterday, I chose me again and left work during lunch (already had the 40 hrs in). Although it was slightly raining/snowing I drove up to Pixley Falls for pictures. It was worth it.

As I was capturing views of the waterfall I was planning how I wanted to process the images. I could see them already as nice monochrome images. Knowing this would be the result I wanted, influenced how I captured each scene. Not only was composition important so was tonal quality and textures.

The greens of spring have not started to show here in Upstate NY. Add in the overcast day (perfect for waterfalls BTW) and you can see how monochrome processing works for these images. I did want to show a few other variations for this first image. This is essentially straight out of the camera.

Midday Falling – SOOC
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 0.5s, 47mm, f/11, ISO 100

The wet conditions of the day enhance parts of the scene. Tree trunks are darker. The rocks to the right of the waterfall are also darker in tone. These will be enhanced by converting to monochrome. I also play with the saturation of the separate colors (mostly orange, yellow and blue) to highlight different areas of the image. Which brings us to the monochrome version.

Midday Falling
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 0.5s, 47mm, f/11, ISO 100

To be honest, not a big change from the original. I made one more version of this image. I applied a vintage preset I created years ago. There is a matte overlay as well as tweaks to the highlights and shadows (adding yellow and blue respectively). For me it changes the feeling of the image. Not sure I prefer it over the monochrome version but I think it “fits” the view.

Midday Falling – Vintage
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 0.5s, 47mm, f/11, ISO 100

The snow started to increase and the wind kept swirling the mist/snow onto my lens. It was getting difficult to keep the front clean. My hands were getting cold too. Why I didn’t use the gloves I keep in the car is beyond me. There is a good chance the weather will be favorable this weekend. I’m looking forward to venturing out again with the camera.

Pixley Spring
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 0.4s, 70mm, f/11, ISO 100

Pixley Profile
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 0.8s, 30mm, f/11, ISO 100

Pixley from the River
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/3s, 38mm, f/11, ISO 100

Harbor Glow

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Bellamy Harbor, Rome, NY

Tuesday morning I fought through any guilt about getting to work late (still before most employees) and diverted down to Bellamy Harbor. The sunrise with the clouds were combining to create a beautiful color show in the sky. Wednesday’s image was a panoramic view of the harbor before the sun started to dominate the morning.

Before I left the harbor, and trudged my way to work, I climbed down the river bank to get this waters edge view of the clouds. The reflected colors were amazing. For a few seconds I thought about calling in sick and spending the morning watching this view of the harbor.

Harbor Glow
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1s, 24mm, f/11, ISO 100

See it All

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Wordless Wednesday
Bellamy Harbor, Rome, NY

See It All
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 2s, 24mm, f/11, ISO 100
{7 image panoramic}

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Delta Lake State Park

The computer has been rebuilt. Still working through application installs and configuration, but it is functioning. Although, going through this process has highlighted the age my computer. Maybe it is related to me scouring the internet for a replacement “in case” I could not revive this bad boy. I have a feeling I eventually will do something crazy…

Work was long, even on a short week, so the call of the sunset brought me to Delta Lake. A few other individuals were on the beach enjoying the show presented by the setting sun. Once again I chose to stay with my 50mm prime lens. I’m loving the images I get with this lens.

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Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S, 1/160s, f/11, ISO 100

Rollercoaster Weather

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Mohawk River Trail

I wish Mother Nature would make up her mind. We went from spring-like weather back to winter, and the forecast for today is back to spring. It was hinting at crazy weather in the middle of last week, but then the full-on crazy appeared on Friday. My phone alerts were going nuts during work, but the show didn’t hit our area until late in the afternoon.

I woke up Saturday morning with close to eight inches of snow on the ground and more on the way. I had to get my shovel out of the garage, as I had assumed I would not need it until later in the year. Around noon, I ventured back outside to clean off another three to four inches of the white stuff.

Sunday morning was a different story. No new snow, but dang, was it cold? Single digits made it difficult to drag myself to the grocery store. I generally try to get there early before they get busy (not a fan of crowds). On my way home, I noticed the “sparkling” trees along the Mohawk River as the sun was making its presence known. I quickly put the groceries away, grabbed the camera, and headed back out.

The Mohawk River Trail passes close behind the car wash down the street from me. I knew the scene I wanted to capture (hopefully, the camera will see what I see). I kept the 50mm prime lens on the camera. I’m finding, I like that focal length. I took a few images of the trail, and then I jumped back in the car to go to Bellamy Harbor. Unfortunately, the city had not plowed any of the parking areas down at the harbor. Oh well, at least I grabbed the view that caught my eye…

This is Spring?
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S, 1/320s, f/11, ISO 100

The Lonely Path
Nikon Z6 II, Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 100