Some Autumn Foliage Images

I took a couple of opportunities in today's bright sunshine to make some images of late autumn foliage.

First, some shots of Japanese Maple leaves with a 5D Mark III and 70-300mm lens. These are single files without any HDR processing:

Second, I went out with my other 5D Mark III and 17-40mm lens shooting up into trees for some nice scenics. These are both at the wide end of the lens and both are five file HDR composites.

Division 1 Women's Soccer

I had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to shoot from the sidelines of the America East Conference Women's Soccer Final at the State University at Albany's multi use stadium. Casey Stadium is an impressive venue with a nice big scoreboard/jumbotron. I'm not a fan, however, of the distraction caused by lines for every sport imaginable cluttering up a soccer pitch.

I used my two 5D Mark III bodies, one with the EF 24-105mm f/4 lens and the other with the 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens. The images below are from both setups.

There are 136 images in the gallery located at https://trulandphoto.zenfolio.com/aeastfinal.

Congratulations to the home side who won the match 5-1 and will move on to the NCAA playoffs.

November Scenics

Early November is a time of transition from autumn into winter weather wise. Air temperatures that are either significantly warmer or colder than the water temperatures in rivers, ponds and lakes bring fog. Dramatic skies can result from cold and warm fronts moving through.

The past two days resulted in some different scenes just a few hundred yards apart. On Friday, warm air resulted in fog over the Hudson River and on Saturday, an almost setting sun lit up some late season foliage in front of some dark clouds.

All are five image HDR composites made with my Canon 5D Mark III, EF 24-105mm f/4L lens and HDRSoft's Photomatix Pro 6 software. Both days at approximately 5:00 PM.