The Neebing River - East End

This post is kind of a part two, to my previous one. Last week I walked around part of the Neebing River, but more towards Friendship Gardens. This time around, I headed on over to the trail in East End that follows the river out to Lake Superior. I'm not exactly sure why, but one of my favourite areas in town to take photos is East End. I think it's because it's a good mix of nature and landscape and some great urban scenes. Plus, each time I'm there, I literally see no more then 5 people out and about. It's just so quiet and peaceful, if that makes sense. 

So this walk was a mix of some great landscape photos, which I am trying to take more and more of, and of course my usual random photos of anything else that catches my eye. After walking part of the trail, I spent most of my time in the various baseball parks in the area, as well as one of the playgrounds. I'm trying more and more to take a step back and get photos that take in the whole scene, but I also made sure, as I always do, to get in nice and close and play with depth of field, focusing on the details.

It was a nice overcast day so I couldn't have asked for better weather. It gave all the images a nice even tone and I didn't have to really worry about shadows. Although, there are plenty of times when I set out to find shadows and see what I can do with them. For this walk, I used my Nikon d750 and the 50mm 1.8. I absolutely love the bokeh and depth of field it produces. Of  course, I had to throw in a couple photos of the kitties from when I got home. You can never have too many cat photos after all. Thanks for viewing!

Along the Neebing River

Since I am going on more and more photo walks these days, it's often a challenge to choose fresh and new locations to explore. I had walked around Friendship Gardens last summer but I didn't really get the chance to explore too much of the trail that runs along the Needing River. That's what I decided to check out for my most recent walk. With me for this one was my newest addition to the family, the Nikon d750 and the only lens I currently have for it, the 50mm 1.8. Even though it's a DSLR, this combo is extremely light and I simply use a wrist strap to carry it around. That's even with the battery grip. I can't wait to put this puppy to the test for wedding season. 

Back to the walk... I started off where all the new construction is by the retirement home. I basically weaved in and out of the trail and side roads eventually ending up at the Delaney baseball fields. I did venture into Friendship Gardens for a short while but made sure to check out some areas I hadn't yet explored. As usual, I just shot whatever caught my eye. As you can tell, for most of my photos, I have the lens aperture wide open to blur out any background. For one of the cheapest prime lenses you can by, the 50mm 1.8 on the 750, produces superb results. All the processing was done in Lightroom in my usual style. Thanks for reading!