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Fork in the road

Been dying to try out my new camera at its lowest light sensitivity setting ( almost always the best image quality setting for any camera even a cheap point and shoot). This foot bridge was my first opportunity with enough light out to try it.

Not a particularly photogenic setting but the D810 is said to rival a medium format camera at this ISO, so I was anxious enough to try it out even on this dull scene. Plus I could try my marvelous 55mm lens on this scene, pairing it with a full frame camera without an anti-aliasing filter for the first time in over 20 years.

Hand holding this rig at this low shutter speed was certainly not a good way to test out this combo's true potential, but sometimes you have to work with what you got.

Still after a few dull shots I decided it was time to move on and save this combo test for another time when I might have much better options. As I turned around to place my camera in my bag, I saw a man walking his dog heading my way, and the dog had a huge stick in his mouth.

"This would be the perfect accent to this scene", I mused to myself . "Now if only instead of walking down the path to Martling lake, he takes the fork in the road that crosses over this bridge..."

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  • Here she is again. The nest, empty and unvisited most of the winter, started getting some TLC from the parents as early as February,I was told by the locals. And here today I was camped out here from around 8am till 3 in the afternoon, and never saw momma leave the nest once. My guess is she's already lain her eggs and is guarding them like a hawk.
  • While I was watching the herons nest, I captured a few pics of some of the many locals (lots of father and sons) who love to come and fish here as the lake is just chock full of fish. The fishermen aren't the only ones to realize this.
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