Fall colours, part 2

The further north you go, the fewer leaves there are in the canopy.  In fact, there isn't much of a canopy anymore in many parts of Muskoka region.  On a camping trip to Big Orillia Lake, although I did not actually camp on Big Orillia Lake, I took a few pictures of the fall colours.

Fall colours

When it gets a little cold, it's probably a good time to start getting your gears ready to capture the multitude of colours of the fall.  This past Monday, I went hiking with some friends at the Mono Cliffs park, a little north of Orangeville, ON.  The day started fairly cold.  We saw some bits of snow flakes in the air at 9am.  That did not deter us.  We hiked for about 1.5 hours to the top of Mono Cliffs and peered down the landscape.  It was beautiful.

50mm f/1.8E

I once owned a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 and sold it to a student of arts. Well, after a friend showed how his camera was able to capture a billion more stars than my camera could on a camping trip to Cyprus Lake, I decided to get back one of those 50mm f/1.8!

I found on craigslist an old 50mm f/1.8E version. This is one of the original 50mm Nikkor made. I wanted it and knew how I would use it. During the day, my faithful 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 is still my primary lens but from time to time, when I need to shoot in the dark, the 50mm f/1.8 will be it.

So tonight, when I drove out to the Waterdown Falls, I made good with this 50mm lens.

I first shot with my expensive 18-200mm lens. The image came out too dark to work with. I could not make out anything in the image viewed on the LCD. Just not enough light.

I then remembered I brought the 50mm along. After swapping the lenses, I re-shot the pictures. I knew I could not get the same wide angle shots but at least, I would not have wasted the fuel and time driving out there.

Here was the result, colour-adjusted: