I know, I know, I really gotta get out more. It has been some time since my last post. Some of the shots are repeat locations but others are new. Still working on that angle – can’t quite nail it.
Just snapshots really. Still trying to develop that eye for angle and composition.
I do believe I hit some peak color at this location. Once again it is a place I have never been so I had to check it out.
There was one unique perspective in this area that I could not get in many of the other places I have recently shot, and that is reflection. So the theme of this shoot is reflections.
Link to complete set: Photo Album
I started out no differently than any other shoot, I started with a few snapshots. About half way through the sun came out and a reflection caught my eye. From that point forward I changed my point of view for every shot afterwards. I had taken advantage of a large body of still water.
A different section of the Lehigh river than some of my previous shots. A section that still has a good portion of the old canals intact.
Cemented up now but most of the structure is still there, less the wood of course.
Ok this is the main theme. The color was there and I tried to eyeball a decent angle for each shot. I was of course limited unless I wanted to swim and stir up the water.
I always try and nab a few close ups, so here they are.
About the only wildlife on the trail. If you look closely you may be able to see 10 mallard males. Click to enlarge or look at it via the album.
Hope your eyes are more relaxed now after gazing at all the eye-candy.
This trip was slightly different. On a previous outing I had taken the camcorder and decided that this trip would be almost all camcorder with stills speckled in.
I’ll name the videos something meaningful so you can pull only those that may be of interest. Sorry still didn’t get around to YouTube.
The videos: Video of Trip
This is one of two locks, the other is in the video only. I am guessing it is about 70 feet from top to bottom. I have no idea what that little crawl space is to the left of the entrance. Both locks had one.
I am still struggling to figure out how a lock this high above the water level worked. I have to be missing something, unless the lock was a lot deeper and they backfilled it.
Pan of shot above.
Here is a view of the back wall.
Anyone know what purpose this little tunnel served?
Some close ups. Someone went through a lot of trouble aligning those rocks.
Just some snapshots of a waterfall nearby.
I had to use the bike, no not the motorcycle, the manual one.
It looks like the start of peak color.
I placed the slideshow a little farther down in the blog. I added a few pictures to give you a feel for the color. It was awesome.
The trail. 1 on a 10 scale. Flat, less than a half of a percent grade. Well maintained.
Eye candy along the way.
The Incan terraces. My guess is this was some sort of lock many moons ago. The slide deck has more images of this.
Spotted a few shrooms along the way.
Couldn’t resist this moss wall.
Link to slideshow: Album
I wouldn’t mind doing this again. The leaves will be gone in a few weeks so if I do decide to do it it will be within another week or so. There are also many tributaries feeding into the river that are nice stops.
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