Week 27, Day 192, November 1, 2009, Willows at Stewart Park, Ithaca

Stewart Park is a park at the South Side of Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY.  I have seen several photos of the willows.

It's a great place to photograph.  I like to come to the park to photograph the geese.  When we arrived I didn't see any.   Shortly after our arrival, as if on queue, I started hearing the geese as they flew into the park It was a beautiful morning.

Today marks the 6th month of my journey.  I have learned so much from my experiences, and so much from many of you.  Thank you for all of your wonderful comments.  Your advise has helped bring me a long way.  One of the things that was interesting was that today's photo choice was the first one that I took.  In the beginning, I would have to take a lot of time with setting my camera, seeing the results, and then resetting the camera.  It seems that I can do that much more quickly now.

Lessons Learned:

• I'm making progress.  It was useful to look over the past 6 months.
• In photographing geese on the ground, or in the water, take time.  At first all of the geese were moving away from me.  I took a lot of butt shots.  As I just sat there for a while, they began to move more naturally, and I could once again photograph their heads.

Photo details: Exposure time 1/250 sec, Aperture f/4.0 (higher apertures show the dirt on my CCD in the solid blue sky, grrr), ISO 100, Focal Length 17 mm, 35 mm equivalent focal length 27mm, Lens Canon EF 17-40mm, hand held, (I forgot my tripod), circular polarizer filter.