Fall must be coming...........

Whenever you see the first pumpkins, this is a sure sign of the autumn season. This display was prominently in view as you walk into the Sobeys store in the Bridgewater Mall, it wasn't hard to record these images. Halloween can't be too far away!

Green Bay

One of the most scenic beaches we have in this area is at Green Bay. There are always a lot of seasonal visitors during the good-weather months, many people now live here all-year round. I am not normally a big fan of sunny days for shooting, but I can make it work at times like this. I had about a 50/50 distribution between both Nikon zooms on the D80 for these files.

Foggy Labour Day morning

I decided to take the Coolpix 8400 out for a spin, and test out how much faster my RAM upgrade works with the resultant NEF files from this camera. In absolute terms, the CP 8400 offers very good image quality and is better than most compacts even in today's market, important when you consider this is a 2004 model.

It does fall a bit short when compared to the DSLR, the dymanic range is more limited and you dare not go above ISO 100.

All in all, these look pretty decent for an old photographer like me!

Today's farm market

I always seem to find something worthwhile whenever there are lots of people. It seemed like it might be a slow day but there were a lot of people who visited, many newcomers.

My other favourite time of day - sunset

The big challenge I face during the last few strands of available light is being able to make the ongoing adjustments as the light fades. The quality of light is superb as the sun makes its way below the horizon and even an afterglow is just as engaging, but, not surprisingly, you often have to deal with slow shutter speeds and limited depth of field.

Happily, I do get some breaks and the wonders of technology prove themselves, such as VR and fast f/2.8 zooms, maybe someday I'll have both in one lens........

More magic early in the day

I am an admitted morning person, I rarely sleep past 5am any given day, no matter how late I go to bed. Part of this may be due to the fact I know the best light and photographic opportunities happen at the crack of dawn and shortly thereafter.

Over the last 20 months since I began my journey as an employee of MIG and driving to Bridgewater to work, I have been able to capture light in a unique way, unlike I had ever been able to do, before - fog, mist, early warm bathing textures - I have been lucky enough to record it.

This week afforded new images with some exploring, it's good to see signs of autumn - such as pumpkins.

An instant hit with many people

I processed this file, last night, sent it to the editor of the local newspaper, he emailed me back and said it would on the front page of the Lighthouse Log next week. I have had a few images appear there and in the Progress Enterprise; there is nothing wrong with some self-promotion!

My co-workers oohed and aahed over it, too, I guess it meets with the approval of more than a few people.

I took the photograph after recent heavy rains in New Germany, we have waterfalls just on the edge of the village limits, I love long shutter speeds to give that dreamy effect. My faithful D80 and AF-S 70-300mm VR was the ticket.