One of my favorite times to be on the Charles River is in October, ideally when the fall foliage is at its peak. This has been a strange year — very very wet, and rainstorms most of the last several weekends. And the foliage has been pretty meh up til now — a lot of the trees just kind of shriveled their leaves and dropped them, rather turning pretty colors.
This past Saturday was the exception. It was warm and sunny, and while the foliage was slightly past peak, it was still pretty, and still a great day to be on the river. So I put the kayak on the car, visited Mum early, and headed over to the river.
Trees along the river
Green, orange and bright red trees
Branching trees
Trees heading upstream
Layers of branches
Multicolored leaves
Park Road bridge seen from upstream
Turtle basking on a rock
A line of trees
Clouds and deep blue sky
Trees along the banks
Yellow and Red
Overhanging trees
Trees along the bend of the river
Orange tree
Looking downstream
Leaves and sky
Clouds and trees
Red tree and sky
Yellow leaves
Under the arch of the railroad bridge
Pony truss foot bridge
Leaves
Headed back downstream
Blue sky and brown trees
Clouds and sky
Fan of clouds
Clouds and sunlit trees, near sunset
Clouds and sunlit trees, near sunset, heading downstream
Sunset-lit trees
Trees and reflections
This was the first time I’ve really been able to do any real shooting with my new iPhone 15 Pro; up until now, it’s been raining every time I’ve had the free time to shoot. I’d been bumming a bit about it — despite three years worth of difference between it and its predecessor, in day to day use, it’s felt mostly the same. But, I’ve been really impressed with the quality of the pictures coming out of it. Pictures taken with the iPhone 12 Pro looked fine on the phone, but when transferred to the Mac, they always looked a little over-sharpened, with some visible artifacts. These pictures still look sharp, and still have the high dynamic range, but they don’t look over-baked. For the first time, I kinda prefer them to the ones shot on the Nikon. (Aside – given that I’m shooting RAW, why can’t Photos use the wide gamut of values captured to render Nikon images with the same high-brghtness effect iPhone pictures have?)
It was a great day, and the first day in a while that I was able to just enjoy the day. And of course, the next day, the rain returned.