Here is another shot of the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge this time from furthur away and at sunset. A cool thing I learned about this bridge from looking at Wikipedia is that this bridge is the second longest lift bridge in the United States!

On Christmas day I went to my Uncle’s house and he lives right by the ocean. Here is a shot of the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge as seen from his back yard.

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main… Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

-John Donne

At the same farm where I took a photo of this relaxed goat that I posted awhile back they have this very neat ramp system that the goats can climb up if they want. At the top of the ramp there is pulley system that people can put feed into a little cup at the bottom and lift it up to them. Its really pretty cool!

I was eating at a Thai Resturant and they had these very cool Salt and Pepper shakers that I had to take a picture of. I know there is nothing great about this photo but I thought they where cool so I Just thought I would share it with everyone. BTW if you are ever in MA and looking for a GREAT Thai restaurant check out “The Chatta Box” not only amazing Thai food but awesome salt and pepper shakers too!

As promised here is the same photo as yesterday only this time processed in b&w. I feel that this image takes on a more somber and depressing mood when its in black and white. Now instead of looking out into the beautiful fall landscape planning for a day of hiking it seems the viewer is trapped inside looking out at an outside world that seems so far away and bleak. While in reality only a simple pane of glass separates the viewer from the outside world it may as well be a prison cell. Well of least that was my feelings on the drastic change in tone of the b&w and color versions as I was processing these images.

Here is a photo looking through the window of an old lodge that is next to this pond at borderland state park. I spent a long time trying to decide whether this photo looked better in color or black and white. I would process it in b&w then undo then process and I could not decide which was better so I have decided to post both versions and let you guys tell me which is better! Today I will post this color version and tomorrow the black and white version.

While hiking at Borderland State Park a couple of weeks ago I came across these very cool and gnarly looking pine trees and knew I had to take a picture of them. Sadly the sun was sort of in the way being right behind the trees and I was hiking with other people so did not have much time to compose the shot. This photo is the best of the ones I took of the trees.

I was originally going to post this in color but at the last minute I decided to convert it to b&w to see how it looked and I really liked the results so decided to post it like this instead.

As you can tell from these trees alot of the leaves have now fallen off and the trees are getting bare. Still some nice colors around though!

Happy Halloween!

Here is another Fall photo I took last weekend this time of a small stream. I know you all must be getting sick of all these Fall pictures but Fall is probably my favorite season so I love taking photos during this time of the year.

I took this photo on Saturday at a state park. It was a beautiful New England fall day and there were lots of people out enjoying the cool fall weather so I was surprised to see this bench with an amazing view empty.

I went to a farm last weekend and this goat was taking a nice break from doing whatever it is that goats do!

Here is another photo from over the weekend this time of a pink rose.

Here is another photo I took yesterday at Borderland State Park looking straight up a tree.

I had the chance to visit my brother today and we went to Borderland State Park in Easton MA. The foliage was near its peak and the colors were amazing! I only had my new Panasonic TZ5 with me and not my Pentax DSLR but I think it performed well. Here is a shot of a goose in one of the ponds there that was stretching his wings.

BTW I want to thank everyone for your kind comments for my last post as it reached the 20 comment mark and I think that is a record for me! So thanks for the comments everyone!

You may remember that back in July (see post) I was lamenting that a rabbit had eaten the Clematis flowers in our yard. Well I am happy to report that they just recently bloomed again and in fact this is the most flowers I have ever seen on the plant! So maybe having rabbits eat the early blooms is the key

I just took this photo about a half hour ago while playing with my new compact camera. I had been looking for a smaller compact camera to use as my “take everywhere” camera so that on the occasions when it is inconvenient to lug my DSLR and lenses with me I can still take a camera with me in case I want to take any photos. Anyways the camera I settled on was the Panasonic TZ5 mainly because it has a huge range for such a small camera (28mm-280mm) and also because it has a great video mode that can even record videos in true HD! I got it in the mail today and so far I am liking it alot. I may write a review for it here after I have had some time to play with it more.