Mystic, Connecticut Day 1

Here are some scenes from the first morning in Mystic. The early light was nice and the water calm. You don't see many people out and about at 5AM.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 67mm, f/4, 1/90 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 52mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/5.6, 1/180 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/5.6, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 62mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 35mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Massachusetts Layover

Here are some photos made during a 48 hour layover in Massachusetts on the way to Mystic, Connecticut for a brief stay there. I used all three of my lenses, changing as frequently as needed, at Robinson State Park in the morning and Montague and Turners Falls in the afternoon. 

Westfield River, Robinson SP
RF 16mm f/2.8, f/4, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100

Westfield River, Robinson SP
RF 16mm f/2.8, f/4, 1/2000 sec., ISO 100

Robinson SP
RF 16mm f/2.8, f/22, 1/15 sec., ISO 800

Westfield River, Robinson SP
RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Saw Mill River, Montague, MA
RF 16mm f/2.8, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

Great Falls Discovery Center
RF 50mm f/1.8, f/2, 1/90 sec., ISO 400

Great Falls Discovery Center
RF 50mm f/1.8, f/2, 1/30 sec., ISO 400

Turners Falls, MA
RF 50mm f/1.8, f/8, 1/4000 sec., ISO 400

Another Sunrise

Sunrises and sunrise time are the perfect antidote to thinking that a prime lens or lenses, however great the optics, can be your only tool. Sunrises cry out for a variety of focal lengths and the conditions change from second to second.

So while yesterday I was wanting the 50mm f/1.2L lens, today I want the 24-70mm f/2.8L. My current zoom, the RF 28-70mm f/2.8 STM, is very competent but the 24-70mm lens is better. Of course, it costs over twice as much and weighs almost twice as much. Maybe a kit with both for small and light versus better image and build quality depending on the scenario? 

And then why not also the 50mm f/1.2 lens? And maybe even an EOS R8 to pair with the 28-70mm lens? I can think of many thousand reasons.

Here is this morning's sunrise time at lock E5. Not in chronological order.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 37mm, f/4, 1/90 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 41mm, f/5.6, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/22, 1/125 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 50mm, f/2.8, 1/45 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/125 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO 400
Panning and Cropped