Photography

Saturday 2 April 2022

It was a beautiful Spring afternoon. Bhavna and I went for a walk on the Millstone Borough (Somerset County) section of the D&R Canal State Park. We enjoyed the walk, and I had the opportunity to use my MCEX-16 extension tube. I saw no flowers except for the Spring Beauty.

I still have no Mac with which to edit my images. These are straight out of camera (SOOC) JPEGs created using the Nostalgic Negative Film simulation recipe. I used the wireless transfer feature of my Fuji X-T3 to get them onto my iPad Pro. I uploaded and posted them using the WordPress app.

UPDATED 2022-04-22: My Mac Studio arrived and I have updated the SOOC images with cropped versions. No other editing was performed.

D&R Canal State Park at Milstone | 2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF27mmF2.8 R WR

D&R Canal State Park at Milstone | 2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF27mmF2.8 R WR

2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR

2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR

D&R Canal State Park at Milstone | 2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF27mmF2.8 R WR

D&R Canal State Park at Milstone | 2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF27mmF2.8 R WR

D&R Canal State Park at Milstone | 2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF27mmF2.8 R WR

D&R Canal State Park at Milstone | 2 April, 2022 | FujiFilm X-T3 | XF27mmF2.8 R WR

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6 Comments

  • Reply
    Todd Henson
    5th April 2022 at 8:49 AM

    The photos of the path along the canal reminds me so much of the canal towpath in the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Maryland (US), which is home to the old canal along the Potomac River. It makes for a great location for walking, as it appears is the case with D&R Canal State Park. That coiled snake is a nice find. Over here it would be a garter snake but I've no clue what species are typical where you are.

    • Reply
      Khürt Williams
      5th April 2022 at 10:28 PM

      I’m embarrassingly ignorant of the fauna in this area. My photography tends to focus on the flora, but I’m ignorant there. ?

      The D&R Canal Trail runs 124 km from New Brunswick to Trenton but the C&O Canal is much longer. I’ve walked many sections of the canal trail over the last 20 years, but this is the first time seeing a snake. It was an exciting find.

  • Reply
    Daniel Brinneman
    4th April 2022 at 10:20 PM

    Khürt, enjoyed reading about your outing. Nice pictures. What kind of snake is that?

    • Reply
      Khürt Williams
      5th April 2022 at 10:41 PM

      I’m ignorant about snakes. I did some searching on Google, but I still don’t know.

  • Reply
    Susan Gutterman
    2nd April 2022 at 11:29 PM

    Lovely photos of a lovely spot

    • Reply
      Khürt Williams
      3rd April 2022 at 11:09 AM

      As the weather improves, I expect you’ll see more posts about my outdoor hikes, walks, etc. My fall and winter hibernation is over.

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