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Thursday Throwback – 27

We’re going back to 2004, and a capture of Canada geese on the Quinapoxet River. It’s an image that I still cherish, even after 2 decades!

As I’m having fun putting my web-site together, I’m building portfolio pages that feature particular groupings of some of the images that I have captured over the years. Even though these are just my digital photography, some of them go back quite a while! So for this week’s throwback, I’m going to an image from 2004.

Here are three Canada geese afloating…

Geese on the Quinapoxet

After all this time, I still appreciate this image for a whole bunch of reasons. It took a bit of work to get this capture, as I shot 34 or so images to get one where the geese give off a sense of direction. I still enjoy the coloring of the late September leaves and their reflection in the rather tranquil river. And, yes, despite being an early digital camera, the Canon EOS 10D, which I still have, performed admirably!

I hope you enjoy this image and look forward to hearing about your early forays into digital photography!

A digital image from 2004

Way back in the day…

As I’m trying to put some organization around my rather substantial set of images, particularly those that I don’t mind showing to others, I came across a rather old one that I still like (although I am much more aware of its flaws now than I was 20 years ago).

This shot came about during an autumn day, when I noticed the light had a certain quality, which drew me to take a quick drive to the Quinapoxet river in West Boylston to see what might present itself…

Geese on the Quinapoxet

When I got there, I saw that the light was reflecting rather nicely in the river, so I got down as close to the water as I dared. There were these three Canada geese paddling around, so I started taking a series of shots of them, most of which had very little alignment among the geese. Finally, I did capture them going in the same direction, which is this shot.

For the camera nerds among you, this shot was taken with a Canon EOS 10D using a 75-300mm lens. And I still have this camera, although it has been retired from active duty a long time ago.