Grafton Lakes Woods

There is a trail loop between Long Pond and Second Pond [I looked it up and this is called the Beaver Lodge Trail] at Grafton Lakes State Park with interpretive signs for kids and this year many of the signs had a photo attached with a clue for finding a woodland house "hidden away" nearby. I walked this trail yesterday and discovered a number of the little houses. Here are some photos.

EOS R6, RF 85mm f/2 STM, f/8, 1/180 sec., ISO 400

EOS R6, RF 85mm f/2 STM, f/8, 1/45 sec., ISO 400

EOS R6, RF 85mm f/2 STM, f/5.6, 1/45 sec., ISO 400

EOS R6, RF 85mm f/2 STM, f/8, 1/10 sec., ISO 1600

EOS R6, RF 85mm f/2 STM, f/8, 1/45 sec., ISO 1600

EOS R6, RF 85mm f/2 STM, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., ISO 1600

Tugboat Roundup Day 3

My previous visits to Waterford Harbor for the tugboats this year were early evening on Friday and midday on Saturday. Morning is a different lighting situation, obviously. 

I used only the 85mm lens as I was trying to get something different from the previous two days along the wharf. The gallery at https://www.trulandphotography.com/TBR2024 ended up with 65 images. I now lack longer lenses to get closeup photos of the boats as they come into the harbor as in previous years. Here are some photos from the final morning of this year's event.

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/8, 1/1000 sec., ISO 400

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/8, 1/3000 sec., ISO 400

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 400

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 200

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/4, 1/4000 sec., ISO 100

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/4, 1/90 sec., ISO 100

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100

Tugboat Roundup Day 2

Here some photos from day 2 of this year's Tugboat Roundup along with a photo of the two camera/lens pairings with the sensor planes lined up. Since I picked up the 35mm lens I haven't used the 16mm, 28mm or 50mm lenses. The 35mm is a level better than those bare bones lenses although something a bit wider is sometimes needed. A potential plan going forward would be to trade in those three lenses for the RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM lens which is identical to the 35mm version except for the focal length and being a bit lighter. 

EOS R8, RF 35mm STM, f/5.6, 1/750 sec., ISO 200

EOS R8, RF 35mm STM, f/5.6, 1/1500 sec., ISO 200

EOS R8, RF 35mm STM, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

EOS R8, RF 35mm STM, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

EOS R8, RF 35mm STM, f/5.6, 1/500 sec., ISO 200

EOS R6, RF 85mm STM, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 400