2019 Calendar

This is the last calendar I'll be ordering from Shutterfly. Their shipping and packaging practices just don't seem to be what they used to be. One shipment of 18 calendars took a month to arrive, had broken open and only contained 13 calendars.

 I was happy when they re-printed the order at no cost and sent it out before the original shipment eventually arrived. Some extra free calendars would be very nice. But, this shipment too was delayed and when it arrived it only contained 6 calendars.

So, I ended up with only one calendar I didn't pay for with some messy packages and weeks of waiting included. The task now is to find a quality replacement at an affordable price before next fall.

All of the photos in this year's calendar were made in either Maine or Nova Scotia. A detailed list of locations and shooting information is contained in a pdf file at https://trulandphoto.zenfolio.com/2019calendar.pdf.

The photos themselves can be viewed in a gallery on Zenfolio located at https://trulandphoto.zenfolio.com/2019calendar.

December at Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve

I'm glad that I rented the 85mm lens mainly because now I'm sure that I don't need a lens like that. If you're not shooting portraits in low light without flash, the lens really adds nothing to the gear I already have.

I've struggled to find uses for the lens and today decided to give up and headed up to the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve with my 5D Mark III the 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM lens and a monopod. I figured the monopod would help stabilize things for HDR bracketing at the longer focal lengths.

All of the following are bracketed sequences except for the solitary goose, the robin and the equestrians.

219mm

300mm and cropped

300mm and cropped

300mm

187mm

300mm and cropped

84mm

187mm

December High Water

I was out again this morning with the two 5D Mark III bodies and the two Tamron lenses. The weather has been wet and cloudy which at least is good for interesting water levels on the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers.

To be honest, everything I shot this morning would have been done just as nicely with one body and my 24-105mm Canon zoom lens. These were all shot at f/6.7 or f/8. Hopefully, at some point over the holiday period, I'll get to use the fast apertures on the prime lenses.

85mm

85mm

45mm

85mm

85mm

45mm