Week 35, Day 251, December 30, 2009, Looking South

Today I had the pleasure of visiting a good friends house.  There house is incredible.  Its at the end of a road bordering on a State Forest.  They have 2 ponds, and a beautiful house that they built themselves. 

In this photo we are looking over a bench looking over a firepit, looking over a doc, looking over a pond, that looks to the south.  It's a great pond for swimming, but it would have been a little cold today.

Lessons Learned:

• Snow continues to be difficult to photograph.  I need to continue to work on this.

Photo details: Exposure time 1/80 sec, Aperture f/18.0, ISO 100, Focal Length 28 mm, Lens Canon EF 17-40mm, tripod. 

Week 21, Day 154, September 24, 2009, Pond with Fall Colors

The colors are still far from peak colors in this area, but they are getting brighter and brighter. 

Here are a few trees near a pond.  I stopped on my way and took these.

Lessons Learned:

• It is getting dark way to quick.  I'm really going to have to start shooting as I leave my building to come home for the evening.

Photo details: Exposure time 1/25 sec, Aperture f/9.0, ISO 800, Focal Length 40 mm, 35 mm equivalent focal length 65mm, Lens Canon EF 17-40mm, tripod.