I was getting into a rhythm, crawl through the workweek not wanting to be at work. Then Friday night hits and start researching local places to go and take pictures. Then go out on Saturday and do exactly that. This particular Saturday had me go to a park that was connected with a hydro plant. A nice place, mostly crowded with children at the actual park part. But it did also have a walking trail through the woods. And the dam on the other side.
Canon 5D Mark II w/28-135mm @28 - 1/100 Sec - F6.3 - ISO 100
At some points along the trail you can see the water. It has a nice quite still part of the Chattahoochee, of course on the other side of the dam it’s a lot faster moving.
I also took a picture of the forest path, that I decided to play around with in photoshop.
Canon 5D Mark II w/28-135mm @70 - 1/100 Sec - F6.3 - ISO 100
I also came upon the kalmia latifolia, or mountain laurel. Not blooming in April, but pretty nonetheless.
Canon 5D Mark II w/28-135mm @60mm - 1/60 Sec - F5.6 - ISO 100
Canon 5D Mark II w/28-135mm @300 - 1/4000 Sec - F5.6 - ISO 400
That one needed a bit of work to get the highlights back, since it was a four thousandth of a second. But shooting any slower wasn’t freezing the water the way I wanted. Very interesting to watch the dam releasing that volume of water so constantly.
I headed back to the car after that point, and just before I got to it a bluebird appeared and flitted around on the tree in front of me. I managed to snag a few pictures of it.
Canon 5D Mark II w/28-135mm @300 - 1/250 Sec - F5.6 - ISO 200
Canon 5D Mark II w/28-135mm @300 - 1/250 Sec - F5.6 - ISO 200
Canon 5D Mark II w/28-135mm @300 - 1/250 Sec - F5.6 - ISO 200
I think the first one is my favorite, with it looking straight up and displaying that nice orange color.