With 2015 winding down, I’ve narrowed down some of my favorite images that I’ve taken this year.
A Late Autumn Train and Bike Ride
Even though most of the leaves are down around here and the weather is getting colder, there is still plenty to do outside. Some friends rented a house at Deep Creek for the weekend and invited me to visit. So I spent Friday night and in the morning we rode the train from Cumberland to Frostburg and then biked the 16 miles back. We stopped at one point on the trail to wait for the steam engine to come through a tunnel. After we completed the ride, we drove over to Swallow Falls State Park for the afternoon. Being there a few weeks earlier would have been spectacular.
Early Evening Portrait Session
Just some quick portraits in the fading light before sunset. I used a simple setup of a Fuji X-T1, Fuji 35mm f/1.4 and just a touch of fill flash using a Fuji EF-42 going through a FlashDisc off camera via a short TTL cord.
Fall Colors at Ohiopyle
Since this is one of my favorite places to hike around, I once again schlepped a camera and tripod around the State Park. The fall colors were fairly close to peak and I had no other times when I could get away, so I left the house before dawn and arrived just before sunrise. As much as sleeping in an extra hour would have been nice, good light simply doesn’t last all day.