Quabbin Reservoir

By TravLin Vicariously written 4/13/06 6:19 PM, published 4/13/06 6:19 PM
I am still wondering where spring is...still no colors out here other than brown.  So, here are some more brown pictures for you:)
These photos are from the Quabbin Reservoir. It was created by flooding 4 towns in MA in 1939. The flooding was completed in 1946 providing drinking water for the Boston area.
It is a great place for wildlife pics, but today I felt too lazy to hike in the woods. One thing about this area... it is full of deer ticks. I had my share of them over the weekend. Gross!! So, here are some roadside shots
Popup LinkEnfield Lookout
Popup LinkEnfield Lookout 2
Popup Linkfence
Popup Linkstairs
Popup Linkdistant field
Maybe it is just me, but I thought I could see something in this tree trunk. Popup LinkWho do you see?
Please feel free to give me your honest suggestions. I cannot improve without your help:)

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  • Beholden 4/13/06 6:21 PM
    OMG.......TV these shots are Spectacular!! I am feeling them all.....wowser!

    - ummmm


  • Penny 4/13/06 6:25 PM
    All are beautiful. If anything could be changed maybe lighten up 2 and distant field. But they really aren't bad at all. What a beautiful place.

    - Smile


  • SheToldMeTo 4/13/06 6:26 PM
    GUMBY LIVES!!!

    - SheToldMeTo


  • JustPeachy 4/13/06 6:33 PM
    Ooh Ooh Ooh! Distant field is my fav. I see him!

    - Good Kitty No More


  • Snowflake 4/13/06 6:44 PM
    The field and fence are really really good. Great work.

    - snowflake


  • codepoit 4/13/06 6:55 PM
    that first Enfield shot is gorgeous!

    - I'm Special!


  • tomnorth 4/13/06 6:56 PM
    That's the same thing I thought, Gumby! Nice shots. One opportunity for improvement is to watch for blown out sections of sky (e.g. Enfield 2 and Distant Field). Two ways I've learned from Joel Sartore (National Geographic photographer) to deal with this are to avoid shooting into the sun and to expose for the brightest area of the image where you want to see detail (e.g. the sky).

    - One size does not fit all


  • TravLin Vicariously 4/13/06 7:00 PM
    Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it.

    - frustration


  • Lidljo 4/13/06 7:06 PM
    All the shots are good, but I especially like fence and distant fields.

    - Flowers are happiness...


  • austinspace 4/13/06 8:20 PM
    Yep, i thought Gumby, too! LOVE the sky in the first Enfield shot. wow! The fence and stairs shots are delights, too.

    - here and there


  • Chippybird 4/13/06 9:02 PM
    My guess is Twiggy the super model in the latest versaci swim suit. I guess that is how you spell versaci the designer.

  • muddy 4/13/06 9:10 PM
    I liked lookout 1 and fence, nice shots. Is that the place where the town buildings still exist at the bottom of the reservoir?

  • musicalphotogeek 4/13/06 10:00 PM
    Great set! Funny to see Gumby in the tree...

    - The sun whose rays...


  • bugaboo 4/14/06 2:21 AM
    What a beautiful place, you really captured it in your pics!

  • loweho 4/14/06 2:59 AM
    Hey, TV, liked fence and stairs the best. Been by this place when I lived in Ayer, MA. We had to go to Athol for something and drove by there while in the area. Great in the fall!!!

    - Fickle Finger of F8


  • wilk 4/14/06 4:17 AM
    Enfield one is excellent and fence. I agree w/Tom about the blown highlights which took away from the other enfield and the distant field. Another way of dealing with that is to use a neutral density filter that brings the exposure range in line with what the camera can usually handle.

    -      Oh Shoot


  • jayhuff 4/14/06 5:58 AM
    Great stuff here T.V. I have used neutral density to deal with the sky issues, but if I didn't have my filter on me, I dealt with it in Photoshop.

    - it


  • TravLin Vicariously 4/14/06 6:26 AM
    Thanks for all the suggestions. I do appreciate it.

    - frustration


  • Twinsmeme 4/14/06 6:29 AM
    I liked the first enfield and the fence, must be a beautiful place.

  • Birdie 4/14/06 12:50 PM
    Enjoyed looking at all the images. Liked fence and stairs the most, don't know why. GUMBY DAMN IT !!!!

  • BusyB1965 4/14/06 2:28 PM
    Stairs and distant field are gorgeous......can't help on improvement, am still trying to learn myself.

    - Blessings


  • ROCKADEE 4/14/06 5:06 PM
    Beautiful Place...Great Shots!!

    - NATURE RULES!!!


  • citifiedplainsman 4/14/06 5:35 PM
    I really liked the first two shots, especially the first, great use of thirds.