Taken during a recent woodland walk. I particularly liked the first one.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Tamron Di III VXD A056SF 70-180mm f2.8.
Fungi
Misty Woodland
For a number of reasons (too cold, too wet, too gloomy, landscape too boring, volunteer work at the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society, no dog to force me to go out to walk etc. ) I haven’t been walking too much of late. Since I take most of my pictures while walking around this means that I haven’t taken too many pictures either.
However, a few days ago I awoke a little early to find warm temperatures and to my amazement – fog (we don’t get a lot of fog where I live). From all the YouTube videos I watch I’ve learned that fog/mist is just the thing for woodland photography as it hides a lot of the clutter that often spoils a woodland image.
So I hurriedly got up, got dressed, and went out to the nearest woodland. I should have gotten up earlier, as by the time I got there the mist had started to dissipate.
These are the results.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Tamron Di III VXD A056SF 70-180mm f2.8.
Some of my favorite pictures of 2022 – Color
Elena Jumping. June 24.
Wasps fighting. May 27.
Pocantico River passing under the Old Croton Aqueduct. October 23.
Hardscrabble Wilderness Area. September 21
Fish in Law Park. August 26
I don’t think he/she appreciated me taking a picture. February 22.
Hoverfly Macro. September 2.
MOMA Red. September 13.
A Lightshade. September 2.
Lucas relaxing. November 24
A Walk in the Woods
While I like to walk in the woods during Summer I don’t particularly like taking pictures. Woodland photography is difficult for me at the best of times: it’s too busy and difficult to isolate subjects without a mess all around them. Also during Summer the foliage is unrelievedly green and lacking in variety. Add to that I’m lazy and find it difficult to get up early in the morning when the light is probably at its best. Rather I manage to get out around noon when it’s arguably at its worst.
On the particular day, however I managed to get up early (actually before sun rise) and get into the woods.
I really does make a huge difference.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Rokinon AF 24-70 f2.8 FE
Still another deer
Seen in a nearby woodland. There’s something I like about this picture. Maybe it’s the way that the deer in the middle ground is sandwiched between the bright vegetation in the foreground and the darker woodland in the background? Maybe it’s the way the deer is looking straight at me? It looks as if it’s seconds away from bolting. That wasn’t actually the case. The deer in our neighborhood are generally quite tame and will stand around for some time watching you unless you get too close to them.
Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS.