Popes Pond Conservation Land, Milton, MA (11/21/2012)
Canon EOS Digital Rebel and EF50mm 2.5L @6.3 1/80 ISO200 handheld
Popes Pond Conservation Land, Milton, MA (11/23/2012)
Canon EOS Digital Rebel and 35-80mm @38mm 4.0L @7.1 1/1250 ISO400 handheld
Yesterday morning was amazingly foggy. I walked to Popes Pond to see if I could get any good shots that showed how thick the fog was. In the above picture you can see that the opposite side of the pond is barely visible even though it is very close. A coating of frost still clings to the grass at the base of the trees and the sun is just beginning to penetrate through. In the photograph to the right you can see a hint of a blue sky above the trees. I searched for a clearer position where I could get the creek in the bottom of the shot but to no avail. The thicket that borders it is too thick. I came here on a similar day earlier in fall when the colors were just beginning to pop. The mist above the creek was much thicker than it is in the shot on the left. It was eerie not being able to see something that was 20 feet in front of me. A ghostly Kingfisher belting out its rattling call as it flew along the contours of the creek only added to the feeling. Yesterday wasn't as intense as that but it was still thick enough that the trees seemed more ethereal as the mist softened their edges. Below are a couple of pictures of birds from Turner's Pond today. It was cloudy when I went out early but it eventually cleared. Highlights were a very late Black-and-white Warbler, a flock of about 12 Common Redpolls, and an American Tree Sparrow, my second this fall. | Pine Tree Brook in the Fog Popes Pond Conservation Land, Milton, MA (11/23/2012) Canon EOS Digital Rebel and 35-80mm @38mm 4.0L @7.1 1/400 ISO400 handheld |
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) Popes Pond Conservation Land, Milton, MA (11/23/2012) Canon EOS Digital Rebel and 400mm 5.6L @5.6 1/1000 ISO400 handheld | House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Popes Pond Conservation Land, Milton, MA (11/23/2012) Canon EOS Digital Rebel and 400mm 5.6L @5.6 1/800 ISO400 handheld |