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I finally have a smartphone capable of taking halfway decent photos and I happened to be in the right place at the right time to capture this stunning sunset over one of the buildings on my work campus the other night.
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I shot this photo of two bees pollinating a flower during my hike of the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Princeton. Not quite a macro since it was taken from further away with a zoom lens, but my Sigma does a pretty good job of approximating macro photos. However, the bees and the flower ignored my request to sit still for the photo. 🙂
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I applied some subtle HDR to this photo of the Delaware & Raritan Canal, which was taken toward the end of our hike last year, just north of Princeton, New Jersey. With Memorial Day weekend coming up, I think it might be a good time to revisit the canal while everyone else is sitting in beach traffic. Perhaps we’ll venture out in a canoe this time.
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This is one of my favorite photos from last year’s hike of the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Princeton. Actually, this bridge might not be technically located in Princeton, but that’s the city in which I began the hike. If you live in the area, the canal is well worth a visit, whether you want to hike it or venture out in a canoe.
Last weekend my wife and I went for a late afternoon hike along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Princeton. Despite living in this area for almost 15 years, this was our first ever visit–we didn’t know what we had been missing. The canal trail is filled with beautiful scenery along the water, interesting animal and plant life, and pretty nature trails off the main path. It is a very popular canoeing destination, with rentals available near the entrance where we parked. I think we’ll try one of those on our next visit.
For photography, going near the end of the day was a perfect time. There are fewer people on the trails and fewer canoes in the water, making for some gorgeous reflections on the canal and great photo opportunities in general.
Here are a few of my favorite shots, all taken with my Nikon D5100 using a Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM zoom lens, which has proven to be incredibly versatile for everything from macros to wide angles and telephoto shots. I have been very pleased with the performance of this lens, and since I am not a professional photographer concerned with optimum quality, I may never need to change my lens again.
For these photos I decided to abandon the safety of the automatic modes and shoot almost exclusively in Aperture Priority, which is still a learning process for me (though a few of the macro photos were shot in the auto macro mode). Click on any image to view a larger version.
And one final shot, a panorama. I really miss the “panorama assist” function of my old camera, but this one didn’t come out too badly for shooting it manually.
Michael Rappa 