May Day Clouds

No polarizer filter needed for cloud definition on this first morning of May. I took a nice long walk this morning through Lansingburgh, Cohoes and Waterford which included seven river crossings, two of the Hudson and five of various branches of the Mohawk.

Hudson River
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO 100

Hudson River
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/1500, ISO 100

Van Schaick Mansion
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/500, ISO 100

Mohawk River
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 46mm, f/8, 1/750, ISO 100

Mohawk River
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/11, 1/350, ISO 100

Matton Shipyard
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/11, 1/750, ISO 100

April Scenes

Here are some shots from yesterday's hike on the Wilkinson Trail and beyond at Saratoga National Historical Park. The beyond part is the British headquarters field and a colonial tract boundary road that connects from the field to the Wilkinson Trail.

There was a prescribed burn in the headquarters field last week which led to some interesting scenes.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/4, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/5.6, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/11, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Empire QuiltFest

The 28mm focal length worked out very nicely yesterday for a biennial quilt festival. For the most part, the subjects were large and you needed to be relatively close to them. In a college athletic complex, the lighting was also very nice compared to something like a county fair, at least the ones I've visited.

The results were interesting enough for a project gallery containing 23 photos. https://www.trulandphotography.com/Color/Projects/Empire-QuiltFest-2026

Here is a sampling.

RF 28mm f/2.8, f/2.8, 1/180 sec., ISO 400

RF 28mm f/2.8, f/2.8, 1/45 sec., ISO 400

RF 28mm f/2.8, f/3.5, 1/90 sec., ISO 400

RF 28mm f/2.8, f/3.5, 1/90 sec., ISO 400

RF 28mm f/2.8, f/3.5, 1/45 sec., ISO 400

RF 28mm f/2.8, f/3.5, 1/30 sec., ISO 400