Fall Foliage Season

Peak color doesn't last long in any particular location. This week is usually peak time at Grafton Lakes State Park and I had earmarked this morning for a trip there. 

It was cloudy with some sprinkles when I left home but it was pretty windy and the clouds were moving fast so I figured the forecast for sun was probably accurate. Color was just about at peak and the sun did appear while I was at the park.

Here are some of today's scenes.

Mill Pond
RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

Mill Pond
RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/90 sec., ISO 400

Mill Pond
RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 400

Mill Pond
RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 400

Shaver Pond
RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/90 sec., ISO 100

Shaver Pond
RF 45mm f/1.2 STM, f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO 100

More Lens Testing

I walked around Oakwood Cemetery this morning with the RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM lens a day after picking it up at Best Buy. It worked out well, even with overcast skies, which required some increases ISO settings.

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 270mm, f/8, 1/45 sec., ISO 800

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 400mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec., ISO 800

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 165mm, f/6.7, 1/750 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 225mm, f/6.7, 1/350 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 400mm, f/11, 1/1000 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 373mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 800

Another New (Old) Lens

The RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM is a lens I've previously owned but didn't hang on to for long. I decided to give it another try with a trip to Maine coming up soon. 

This lens was introduced in 2021 and is considered a "bargain" option. If Canon's date code embedded in the serial number is still the same, this copy was manufactured in August of this year.

After picking the lens up at Best Buy I headed to Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve to test this copy a bit in between rain showers. So far, so good.

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 270mm, f/8, 1/180 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 259mm, f/8, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 141mm, f/11, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 300mm, f/11, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 100mm, f/11, 1/500 sec., ISO 400

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 100mm, f/11, 1/500 sec., ISO 400

And here is a Green Heron shot cropped in to 2135 x 1423 pixels (about 3 megapixels) from the original 6000 x 4000 pixels.

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 400mm, f/8, 1/125 sec., ISO 400