Yellow Ahead

After completing the images of the reservoir and foliage on the north west side of the reservoir, I drove around to the east side of the reservoir and was pleasantly surprised to find that I had picked nearly the perfect time to capture the road covered enveloped in yellows and oranges.

Above is a handheld image with the Fuji X100s under a canopy of yellows. The RAW image was post processed in Lightroom CC adjusting the white balance to warm the image slightly as compared to the out-of-camera JPEG.

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Another Tomhannock Reservoir Panorama

Following the capture of prior image, I moved slightly to the northwest and took the above image looking down the lake.

Again, a composite image of five photographs taken with the Fuji X100s handheld and post processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.

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Mohawk river bank in Cohoes

Above, the exposed rock and foliage of the Mohawk river bank in Cohoes, New York. Taken with the Fuji X100s and photographed just after sunset in mid-Fall.

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Tomhannock Reservoir Panorama

A slightly overcast Autumn day. Unseasonably warm days lending to brilliant late season foliage. A few hours to spare before the onslaught of trick-or-treaters. Time to hit the road!

I have been wanting to photograph a stretch of tree covered road winding around the Tomhannock reservoir for years, but always seemed to miss the peak color, so it was with a bit of trepidation that I drove out to the reservoir. Before driving around the reservoir, I pulled off on the North West end and took the above panorama. The sun and the sky was cooperating and color was quite vibrant.

The above image is a composite panorama comprised of five images taken with the Fuji X100s handheld. Lightroom CC was used to create the panorama and post process the final image.

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One of our new backyard residents

While working to photograph a few birds in the back yard, this little guy slinked his way into the frame. I had the Canon 135MM F/2.0L lens on the camera to capture images with that shallow depth of field and creamy bokeh, so I immediately thought there would be no way of getting a descent close-up image. So I waited. And waited. Eventually he went for the bird seed while I was kneeling just five feet away, which gave me a great opportunity to take the above images with the Canon 7D Mark II.

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Autumn colors - a single maple leaf

Autumn in upstate New York this year seemed to be off to a slow start in mid-October. The colors were scattered and muted. However as October progressed, vibrant reds, yellows, and oranges emerged. I came across the above maple leaf in the yard and thought the yellow contrasted well with the red to define the leaf structure. I also found several other specimens and I positioned them on an old tree stump in late afternoon light for photographing.

Using the Canon 7D Mark II and the EF 135 F/2.0L lens, I took the above image of a single maple leaf.

More to come...

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