Moody Morning

I skipped this morning's sunrise. There weren't enough clouds to make it worthwhile at 5:30 AM. I headed out, about an hour later, to the end of Flight Lock Road where the flight of locks meets the Mohawk River.

A gravel road, closed to vehicles, runs between the Mohawk and lock E6. I walked to lock E6 and back. Here are some of he scenes along the way, starting with the Mohawk River and ending at lock E6.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 41mm, f/2.8, 1/180 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 37mm, f/8, 1/90 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 41mm, f/16, 1/180 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/180 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 42mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 59mm, f/8, 1/3000 sec., ISO 100

No Sun, But a Little Sunlight

There was a chance for a good sunrise this morning but it ended up there was too much cloud cover to the east for the sun to do much beyond a hint of color. But it's nice to start the day outdoors with geese, ducks, egrets, herons and eagles to keep you company.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 40mm, f/5.6, 1/30 sec., ISO 400

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 70mm, f/5.6, 1/45 sec., ISO 400

RF 16-28mm f/2.8 at 16mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 16-28mm f/2.8 at 22mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/8, 1/45 sec., ISO 1600

More 45mm 4:3

I am really liking the 4:3 aspect ratio format with the 45mm lens. I can set the camera's aspect ratio to 4:3 and it will just show that part of the image in the viewfinder and on the LCD screen. The entire 3:2 ratio image is captured in the RAW file, however, so I'm not losing anything in the process. And I can move the resulting scene from side to side a bit if I want to.

Cropping the RAW file is an extra step in processing but, with DxO Photolab, the 45mm lens, the 16-28mm lens and the wider part of the 28-70mm lens all require cropping to get to the 3:2, 4000x6000 file that is Canon's intended end result anyway.

Here are some scenes from this morning in downtown Troy, New York along the Hudson River.

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/6.7, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/4, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/2.8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/2.8, 1/3000 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f/1.2, f/2.8, 1/3000 sec., ISO 100