Acadia Preview
Posted by Stretch | Filed under Personal, Photography
This week has been pretty busy, so I haven’t had much time to work on my Acadia photos, but I’ve gotten a few more ready for viewing. Enjoy!
Acadia, The Return
Posted by Stretch | Filed under Personal, Photography
I spent the last week in Acadia National Park. It was a blast. I climbed several of the parks mountains, and took a great many photos. When you first get on the island, there isn’t that much to see. In fact when I first got there, I couldn’t believe I had just driven 9 hours to get there, when I have the same thing in my backyard, just 2 hours away. But then you come to the coast, and see the vast blue expanse in front of you. Or you reach the summit of one of the mountains and look out and see the harbor and beyond that a few smaller islands and the ocean.
After spending a few days in the park, I’m tired. Climbing up and down the mountains really takes a toll on your knees and legs, but I’ll be ready for more in a day or too. I climbed 3 of the 4 tallest peaks in the park, and climbed on of the hardest trails. A few of the harder, cliff-side trails were closed due to the peregrine falcon breeding season, but the trail up Beehive was still open. Its a very exposed climb, right up the side of the mountain. The trail has iron rungs and ladders bolted to the rock to help you up in some places.
Enough with me talking, I know you have been waiting for some photos, so here you go:
Arrival Part 1
Posted by Stretch | Filed under Personal, Photography
Part one of my new camera accessories has arrived. Last week, I ordered Canon’s 70-200 f4L USM lens.
And today it arrived. Its alot bigger than I thought it would be, and has a nice feel to it. I’m eagerly waiting to go out someplace to use it. It will get alot of use this summer when I’m out in Acadia, and in the Adirondacks.
On the camera, it definitely needs two hands to hold. Being so long, it needs the extra hand to help balance, and with any slower shutter speeds, I’ll have to use a tripod.
Desktop Release: The Ninth
Posted by Stretch | Filed under Desktop Releases, Photography
Another from my trip to Vermont. This is a grist mill we found near a large country store.
Desktop Release: The Eighth
Posted by Stretch | Filed under Desktop Releases, Photography
This one is from my trip to Vermont. On one of our last days we took a small hike down to Bingham Falls, near Stowe. This is one of the many shots I got while climbing down the falls.
Taken with the following settings: ƒ22 • 28mm • 1.6sec • ISO 100
