Nearing the End of Foliage Season in the Hills

This has been a very colorful and long fall foliage season in my region. Adequate summer rains and the lack of very cold nights and heavy rain have combined to make it so.

I drove out to Grafton Lakes State Park this morning expecting to see the color largely gone and while it is certainly past peak, good color remains. Long Pond is it an elevation of 1, 501 feet above sea level compared to the 40 foot elevation of my home near the Hudson River. It makes a difference, particularly when there's mixed precipitation in the winter.

Here are some images from Long Pond, Second Pond and the Shaver Pond trail.

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 40mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 72mm, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 200

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 28mm, f/8, 1/180 sec., ISO 100

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/22, 1/125 sec., ISO 400

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 25mm, f/4, 1/250 sec., ISO 100

RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/22, 1/15 sec., ISO 100

Catching Up

I've been out several times since the last post and am posting a couple of images from each of the outings. Captions will contain the location in addition to shooting data.

Saratoga National Historical Park
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 40mm, f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO 100

Saratoga National Historical Park
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 24mm, f/22, 1/90 sec., ISO 200

Oakwood Cemetery
RF 45mm f/1.2, f/16, 1/60 sec., ISO 50

Oakwood Cemetery
RF 45mm f/1.2, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100

Lock E5
RF 24-105mm f/4L at 42mm, f/5.6, 1/350 sec., ISO 400

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RF 24-105mm f/4L at 35mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 400

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RF 24-105mm f/4L at 27mm, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 400

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RF 24-105mm f/4L at 39mm, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 400

Old Champlain Canal

There are numerous sections of the old Champlain Canalway Trail that I visit. The sections in the towns of Waterford, Halfmoon, Stillwater and Saratoga are the most visited. Yesterday, a visited a portion of the trail in Halfmoon, near lighthouse park on the Hudson River.

I carried only the the 100-400mm lens. The foliage was past peak and the sky pretty much cloudless so I had no real need for anything wider.

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 248mm, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 200

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 141mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 400mm, f/8, 1/1000 sec., ISO 200

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO 200

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 270mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 200

RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 at 270mm, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 200