Ominous Skies

....  as seen on route 26 just slightly north of Upper Lisle on my way home from work earlier today.

The trees that still have leaves on them are very vibrant in color these days, and the sky as I was driving in was bordering on being schizophrenic.  Most of the sky was quite ominous and threatening looking, yet off to the west where the sun was on its way down towards the evenings horizon, it was clearer and the sun was popping in and out of cover.  During the moments when the sun did pop out, it really popped and just lit up the sky with that late day glow which was being seriously enhanced by the contrast of the brightly lit trees against the dark and scary opposing sky.  It was kind of cool.  :)

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Big & Bad ... and Oh So Cool

I saw this bad boy on the way home from work earlier this evening / late afternoon. How cool is he?

(?) ... route 26 - Otselic / Pitcher'ish ... somewhere in that area (I think).

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April Showers

...  bring May flowers?

At the very least they can create some high running water and produce cool looking skies.  Full disclosure though - this is the bridge at Upper Lisle just off of route 26 slightly north of Whitney Point.  The bridge itself is low and there is even a sign right before you cross it warning that the roads beyond it, including the bridge, may be closed from time to time due to flooding.

It looks cool though...  <grin>  :)

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( time has passed) .... and a black & white one now too.

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Fuji X-T1

Yeah ...  I got one.  :)  I was, and am, so intrigued with all of the old school style analog, manual controls on this thing - plus it has leapt to the top of the heap in the photo crowd for it's class of camera (mirrorless) as a top contender - I had to get my paws on one.

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It's different than my Nikon's.  Quite a bit different.  Singularly the thing that I find myself having the toughest time adjusting to is, actually, the size of the thing.  It's so damned small... !!  I'm so used to my big ole Nikon's which just "fall" into my hands and fit them like a glove.  I can get to every control, every button, every dial, etc on either of the Nikon's without even having to look at them - I just know where they are and what each one does.  This one ... no so much just yet.  ( I keep over reaching and missing actually....  ) I'm trying to be being patient and learning how to remap / reassign buttons and controls to get more comfortable with it.

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The little thing produces some seriously cool images though - even jpg's straight out of camera.  Like these. These are literally SOOC to use the photo geek acronym.  Straight Out Of Camera.  They were shot as jpg's (as opposed to raw) and then just pulled off of the memory card into lightroom (no post processing done on the import).  I looked 'em over and didn't even crop 'em - just exported 'em slapping my little watermark on them.

Bam.  It's a neat little camera - much to learn.  Can't wait for the warmer spring weather to arrive....