We had an overnight snow storm (although calling it a “storm” may be an exaggeration) and the snow is still clinging to the trees behind our (current) house. Here is a picture of the snow covered branches with the sunrise behind.
Category: PHOTOGRAPHY
This is a view from our (eventual) backyard taken on November 17th. The water level is quite low.
This is approximately the same view one week later. There were a few inches of rain the day before and you can see the difference in the water level in our little inlet.
We have been scouting where we will trample our path down to the river to put in our boats. We are allowed by law to have an unimproved path on our property through the wetlands to the river. Since we can not really remove or cut any non-invasive vegetation, this means that we will trample our way to the river, in hopes that eventually we have a dirt path.
The path will go to the right of that tree you see, but then angle towards the inlet and follow the edge of the inlet towards the river proper. If the water level is high, we will put boats in on the side of the inlet. If the water level is low, we will go further to the river. At least that is the plan.
This picture is the Sudbury River in Concord, just downstream of our new property (which is around the bend in the distance).
I have also been taking my camera around town (Arlington, Lexington and Cambridge) to capture more fall pictures. You can see some selected images in my Nature Around Town gallery.
Here are some other pictures, which may encourage you to check out the gallery.
And here is one more, although not of fall colors. This snapping turtle was on the observation platform in the Alewife Brook Reservation area. He is not going to fit in the gap under the railing so he has a long walk back to get to the water. (I decided not to help him.)
As we get into fall, the sun is rising later and later and the leaves have started to turn. This gives me more chances to take some interesting photographs on my morning walk before boarding the shuttle bus to work.
This morning I caught the sunrise colors in the clouds which were then reflected in Spy Pond (Arlington, MA). I also got a good picture of a swan on Alewife Brook (Cambridge, MA) in the early morning light.
So I have started to carry a more serious camera with my on my morning walks before boarding the shuttle bus to work. That gives me the ability to have more creative control over my shots, as well as teasing out better quality than my cellphone. I am still using a 12 year old camera (although I am eyeing an upgrade). And I really missed using a tripod or monopod, but a few of the photographs came out quite well.
You can see all my latest photographs from around town in this gallery. In the meantime, enjoy the following two pictures from yesterday morning.
Note: I have changed the on-click behavior – instead of taking you to SmugMug, it will just expand the picture. Please let me know if you prefer this behavior or the previous behavior (see the previous photography post).
I took a few pictures during my Sunday morning walk around the Alewife Brook Reservation. Four more pictures have been added to the Photography page with the best two of them shown here.
I really need to start to carry around a better camera than my cell phone. At least I have figure out how to take RAW photographs on my Google Pixel 6 Pro, and how to download them to my computer. (Hint: use this magic link to access your uploaded RAW photographs https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_.)
In the warmer months, I will bike to work an average of two days a week. I leave home around 6am or as soon as it is light enough outside to be safe. Most of my route takes me along the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway. And every morning, I pass by Arlington’s Great Meadow’s.
Looking into the meadow from the bikeway, I face Northeast and often get some very interesting lighting since it is typically soon after dawn. I have picked up the habit of stopping to take pictures, if the light is particularly good that day. I only have my phone, but that’s better than nothing.
Anyway, here are two recent photographs of Arlington’s Great Meadows seen from the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway in the early morning light. Clicking on them will bring you to our photo site.
