Day 184 - Spruce Run Recreation Area, Clinton, NJ

Well today I had to go back to the Dentist to have the temporary cap smoothed out as it was cutting the side of my tongue.  Not fun as I could not talk nor eat without a lot of pain.  So after that was done, I decided to head over to Spruce Run Recreation area to check it out.  It is suppose to be the 3rd largest reservoir in New Jersey with boating, fishing, camping, a beach area, picnic area and hiking trails.

Well when I got to the gate, I found out that you had to pay to go into the park and out of state visitors cost $10.00.  So I gave the gentleman my $10.00 thinking to myself that I should be able to get a few pictures here.  Well I drove around the park, looking for the hiking trials that was advertised for the park.  Well after stopping one of the park rangers, they informed me that there was only 1 hiking trail in the park and you had to park in the parking lot and walk almost a mile to get to the start of the trail.  So off I went and got to the beginning of the trail.  Now please note that the trail was described as a Biking, Hiking, Jogging and walking trail.  Well as I started on the trail, it turned into mud, then muddy water, to a stream that was about 3" deep.  Also the with of the trail was about as wide as my shoulders.  So I'm not sure what I would of done if a bike rider showed up as both of us would not have fit on this trail.

So anyway I turned back and headed to the beach thinking what a waste of $10.00 and no pictures. so not to leave empty handed I took 2 Panorama images.  One of the beach area (made from 9 images) and one from the boat launch area (made from 16 images).

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

The Beach

The Boat Launch Area

See you tomorrow

Tom

Day 183 - Bethlehem Steel Mill

Can you believe it.  Somewhere between yesterday and today a half a year has past and a half a year to go before we celebrate 2014.  That means that I have taken a least 1 image each day of this year.  And to keep the blog going, the wife and I took a walk along the D&L Trail in Bethlehem, Pa.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

So Our 1st stop was this scene of the Bethlehem Steel Mill.

This is a single image w/Cokin 120L ND Graduate Filter 

The next 2 images are High Dynamic Resolution (HDR) Images

created from 5 images of different exposures but all @ f/3.5

Next stop on our walk was the Delaware Canal that had this water falls

This image is a HDR from 4 images from different Exposures @ f/3.5

This image is using a variable 10 stop Neutral Density (ND) Filter set to Max

While still using the ND Filter I cranked up the f-stop to f/11

Along with the BW of the Steel Mill these last 3 are my favorite due to the silkiness of the water

Which ones do you like?

Thanks For Stopping by and see you tomorrow on the downside of 2013.

Tom

Day 182 - Delaware - Lehigh Rivers

Today we are being dumped on with rain.  So during a break in the dean, I headed down to Easton to see what the Delaware-Lehigh Rivers looked like at the fork in Easton.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

This image is a Panorama using 11 images

This Image is a Panorama using 8 images

This is a HDR Image using 5 images

Thanks for Looking

Tom