Cape Cod Winter??

It was a totally beautiful weekend – but it felt more like the middle of March then the end of January.  Even though I thoroughly enjoyed the warm weather it did feel a bit weird.

I used my wide angle (12-24mm) lens which I hadn’t shot with for quite some time. One of the characteristics of the lens is that you can get right up close to a foreground object and at the same time  get tremendous depth of field – everything in focus from front to back of the image.

 

Of course you can also get a very wide almost panorama like view.

 

Took these shots for my friend Carol who has opened my eyes to subjects I wouldn’t have chosen. I converted the vertical to b+w and the horizontal was taken from the same spot. Just experimenting with the lens.

 

A few miscellaneous shots…

So lucky – we had  wonderful sunrises and equally wonderful sunsets.

    

Happy New Year

Continuing an annual tradition and posting the first sunrise of the new year.

Spent the rest of the day at Spectacle Island. The Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands sponsor a trip every year on January 1.  I had been hoping for snow but didn’t really mind the unseasonably warm, beautiful day. This is the view of the Boston skyline from the dock on Spectacle.

and some more skyline views…

The views from the other side of the Island are quite different.

There was very little wind – I don’t remember ever seeing the water quite this still.

 

Different season – different look!

 

Realized I didn’t really miss the flowers – just a different  palette.

 

Some views from the walk to the top of the north drumlin

I was using my telephoto 70- 30mm lens and experimented with lots of different points of focus for different depth of field. I loved this view of the soft grass and fences.

 

A few from the harbor and one from the return trip.

  

Some links to other Harbor Islands posts:

Lovell’s Island

and an earlier Spectacle trip