Fifty-Two

NIKON D40X,  1″,  F5, ISO 200, 135mm – Albany Skyline from East Greenbush, NY

This night shot of the Albany, NY skyline is the last entry after 1 full year of taking photos and picking the best from the each week.

In total I shot 1,689 photos over the past 52 weeks.  Of course there were more “keepers” from my year’s shots.  In fact, sometimes it was hard to pick just one for this blog.  Additional photos can be seen at my main photo album.

As far as my photography is concerned I noticed that my composition and framing has improved over the past year.  When I first started, many times I would need to heavily crop the original in order to produce a reasonable result.  But, near the end of the year,  many of the photos remained uncropped or only slightly.

Over all it was a fun experience, but unless I have far more time on my hands in the future, I doubt I will “up the ante” and take on the challenge of doing a 365 photo project.

NIKON D40X, 1/3″, F4.8, ISO 800, 35mm – At Home

Photographing this sleeping pair (granddaughter, Keira and Siedh the cat) was tough.  I didn’t use any flash not only because I didn’t want to wake them, but I also didn’t want any harsh shadows.  They were also spread out from each other enough that getting just them in the frame was tricky.

NIKON D40X, 0.8″, F5.6, ISO 800, 55mm – Luminaries; Valley Falls, NY

Every year several volunteers set out luminaries on Christmas eve in our village.  It’s very beautiful to see all the streets lit with them.

NIKON D40X, 1/3″, F32, ISO 100, 42mm – Buttermilk Falls; Schaghticoke, NY

Another week of dreary overcast skies.  At least this small falls was running well and provided some additional opportunity to work with long shutter speeds.

Of course the downside is that also means standing out in the cold setting up the tripod and waiting for the camera to take the shot.

NIKON D40X, 1/25″, F8, ISO 1600, 32mm – Old B&M rail underpass; Hemstreet Park, NY

For this shot I purposefully used a long shutter speed and fast ISO so the light coming in from the other end of this one car underpass would obscure the distant background and give that “light at the end of the tunnel effect”.  I’m not sure I got exactly what I was hoping for perhaps a tighter more focused light would have been better than just the diffused daylight.