Water, water, nearly everywhere
The combination of great weather and only a few jobs provided me with ample opportunity to make personal photos this month. And as I look back over the selection of images from May, it is clear how much time I spend around the water. While many of the images were made along the water’s edge, I also photographed from my kayak on a few occasions.
On one paddle, I was fortunate to see and photograph three juvenile eagles hanging out in the marine park where I often paddle. As I was using a long lens with my X-T5, I was able to produce reasonably close-up photos (you can crop those large files a lot!). A subsequent evening paddle took me around a nearby island with a lighthouse, during a period of very nice light.
Finally, I spent one day on the western edge of Vancouver Island, making images at a variety of locations (yes, another lighthouse makes an appearance), with a couple of cameras. The monochrome images were mostly captured with my IR converted X-T2, while the colour images were definitely taken with the GFX50S II.
I expect to have plenty of opportunities to make images from the water and along its edges throughout the summer. I’ll keep you posted.
A note about this image: My intention for making the west coast trip was to arrive at Sheringham Lighthouse at the end of the day, so that the structure would be lit from the side. The exposure was around 10 seconds, in order to flatten the water a bit and to smear the nearest clouds. You can see the difference between this image and the BW image captured with my infrared-converted camera below. I like both images for different reasons.
NB: A few photos (street scenes above) have made it into this month’s collection that were taken with a new GFX100 RF. I will write a review about the camera, and make some comments about the avalanche of review videos for another brand’s medium format cameras, before too long.
NB2: All images captured with either a Fujifilm X-series or GFX-series camera, almost certainly fronted with Fujinon lenses.
DON CRAIG photography 
4 responses to “May wandering”
Don, So many great images. I love being able to see the two different images of the lighthouse reminding me how we all view what we see with a different rent lens. Your photography always evokes emotion and thought.
Thanks Robin. It was an interesting day shooting with both cameras, to see what was possible with each.
That image of the Great Blue has incredible detail. Very nice.
Thanks Ted. I look forward to seeing the heron and this time I was fortunate to have a long lens with me!