Same Concept, Different Location

I headed up to Saratoga Spa State Park this morning for a break from my walks around Cohoes and Waterford. I'm sticking with black and white processing, though.

The other day, I switched my cameras to Canon's monochrome "picture style" so that the viewfinder and LCD screen display in black and white rather than color. Changing the viewfinder to monochrome can help with composition by removing the distracting color element.

If I were saving .jpg files in addition to RAW files, those would be in black and white. The RAW files contain all the color information, however, and when processing in the DxO software I use the process is unchanged. If processing in Canon's DPP software you would have to change the picture style in the software to see the file in color.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 46mm, f/8, 1/2000 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 35mm, f/11, 1/125 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/90 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 35mm, f/8, 1/180 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 60mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

January Weather Continues

Which makes sense since it is January. Daytime temperatures have been in the high twenties, although the sun does make if feel warmer when it is not hidden by clouds.

Yesterday was cloudy with some light snow. There were snow squalls in the forecast for late afternoon and I had planned a sheltered spot along the water at the Waterford Visitor Center but by the time the squalls arrived it was too dark for photographs.

I did walk around the area a couple of hours earlier to gather some more scenes for the B&W project. Here are some. The tracks on the frozen Mohawk River were made by Canada Geese.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 45mm, f/8, 1/180 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/8, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 54mm, f/4, 1/250 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/45 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/11, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

January Weather

Yesterday was cold with temperatures in the teens and wind chills in the single digits. But, it was sunny with some clouds and the rivers were partially frozen so it was a good day for the B&W Sprouts project.

In addition to hand warmers, I carried the 28-70mm f/2.8 lens on a couple of short walks from parking spots. Here are some samples.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 37mm, f/11, 1/750 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 32mm, f/11, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/11, 1/750 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 66mm, f/11, 1/1500 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 62mm, f/11, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/11, 1/1500 sec., ISO 200