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
6 Comments
Todd Henson
5th April 2022 at 8:49 AMThe 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.
Khürt Williams
5th April 2022 at 10:28 PMI’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.
Daniel Brinneman
4th April 2022 at 10:20 PMKhürt, enjoyed reading about your outing. Nice pictures. What kind of snake is that?
Khürt Williams
5th April 2022 at 10:41 PMI’m ignorant about snakes. I did some searching on Google, but I still don’t know.
Susan Gutterman
2nd April 2022 at 11:29 PMLovely photos of a lovely spot
Khürt Williams
3rd April 2022 at 11:09 AMAs the weather improves, I expect you’ll see more posts about my outdoor hikes, walks, etc. My fall and winter hibernation is over.