Leica S2 New England Fall Foliage Trip – Day Two

Great leading on day 2 David.
Thanks,
Jack

Enjoying the daily posts of new england ..looks like you are getting some cold weather at least early in the morning. David is starting to take on the persona of one of the PBS wilderness photographers . The color looks like its coming in for you and you had some winter clouds making for some nice images .

Not that cold yesterday, but windy.
Sun out today, color at peak.
Yesterday we were shooting in rain for an hour and some of the best images came then.

Nice shots – love that 1st one, David.

Two images from the second day of shooting. Amazing how fast the light changes.

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 4 sec at f/11 with Kenko Variable NDX Filter

Leica S2 with 70mm lens, 1/4 sec at f/11 with Kenko Variable NDX Filter

This was my first time using the Kenko Variable NDX filter, which allows precise ND control from 1.3 to 10 stops. Extremely useful for slowing down your shutter speeds in bright light. The filter can be fine-tuned to match just about any shutter speed I selected.

We really had some great spots to shoot this day. Here’s one that I climbed half a mountain for…not my best shot of the day but the one I worked hardest to get. Also a bit different than what’s been posted.

The location for this shot was the roadside waterfall not far from the hotel. Since all the good spots at the roadside were taken…I climbed up the mountain to where the waterfall fed the pond. The good news is that I was out of the frame for all the roadside shooters. As you may recall…it was pretty much dark out when this shot was taken.

Edit: I think this might have been from the day before. It was on the corrupted CF card that Josh rescued for me so it doesn’t have any exif info.

David K;1008 wrote: The location for this shot was the roadside waterfall not far from the hotel. Since all the good spots at the roadside were taken…I climbed up the mountain to where the waterfall fed the pond. The good news is that I was out of the frame for all the roadside shooters. As you may recall…it was pretty much dark out when this shot was taken.

Edit: I think this might have been from the day before. It was on the corrupted CF card that Josh rescued for me so it doesn’t have any exif info.

HaHa! You are partly correct. It was pretty dark, but you are not out of the frame. Also, you were doing more than making photos.:D

Full Frame Image

Crop 1

Crop 2

Jeez Mark…thanks for sharing 🙂

Just wanted to share an image of Mount Washington, NH

Thanks,

Joe

An equipment issue:
When taking photos near roaring waterfalls, several of us experienced equipment problems with bladders. The S2 never failed, but next time I will wear earplugs.

Thanks David.

I hope your trip to NYC is going great!

Let us know if you hear of some S2 news or see some interesting new gear.

Regards,

Joe