Friday Wine Tasting the Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes Region of NY has some fantastic wineries. Last Friday Judy and I were able to take a shuttle tour of several of the Wineries around Seneca Lake.

Although we really enjoyed the day long event, I think that one or two wineries would be enough for one day. My palate quickly looses it's ability to distinguish between the various wines.  

We really enjoyed the Dry Riesling and the Gewurztraminer.

Week 29, Day 210, November 19, 2009, No Whining

I think tonight was the beginning of a lot of indoor photos.  I have really enjoyed outdoor photography, and I enjoy being outdoors.  I've been dreading indoor shooting and attempting to take advantage of what little Sun light that we have during the day.

Tonight, I began looking around, and saw that there are lots of possibilities for indoor shooting.  This will help me to expand my horizons as a photographer.  I realize that I have a lot to learn, but that's ok.  So tonight's title is no Whining. (I can see many of you rolling your eyes.  The only good pun is a very bad one.)

What's your favorite pun?

Lessons Learned:

• I was thinking about lighting tonight.  I used a incandescent bulb to back light the wine bottles.  I wonder if in the future if photos that have used incandescent bulbs will look old.  I guess this isn't a lesson, but more of an observation.
• I think wine bottles are beautiful.  The colors, the designs, the corks.  I think this will make a great future subject as well.
• I tried some photos with a short focal length, and focused on the middle bottles.  I didn't like that effect as well.  I think it would have been better to focus on some of the closer bottles, and blur the background a little more.  There must be some shots that a short focal length with the subject in the middle of the field in focus would be interesting.

Photo details: Exposure time 1 sec, Aperture f/4.0, ISO 100, Focal Length 26 mm, 35 mm equivalent focal length 55mm, Lens Canon EF 17-40mm, tripod.