Busy with my new camera during the weekend, I opted
to give it a further good test this Monday. I strolled about downtown,
and previously had drunk some vanilla latte to get me going, good!LAKE NATOMA LOOP 17X April 2, 2007
Busy with my new camera during the weekend, I opted
to give it a further good test this Monday. I strolled about downtown,
and previously had drunk some vanilla latte to get me going, good!
After lunch, with the great weather, I rode the light rail out to Folsom again. I'd do another 11 mile loop, and get more experience with my low end technologic wonder.
Arriving to Historic Folsom station at 1:54 p.m., I used the public restroom and sauntered along the main street. No need for food or drink.
A few users were out on the trail, and I recorded the usual views. A different bird offered a photo op, and then I was atop the hill at about the 25.5 mark. The vista was hazy, and only a few snowy peaks could be seen. Violet flowers made for a close-up, and the wide angle setting has fair depth of field. This new camera doesn't have the macro lens capacity that the older ones did.
Traffic was slowly moving along over Hazel Avenue, and I rounded the loop, needing no drink with a can of soda brought along to spare me a dollar or so.
Coming to the Iron Point side access trail, I spotted a rattler on the dirt trail. I snapped several photos, with some causing a blur warning. This new camera is supposed to be far more light sensitive, with capability in low light, but either I am not able to set it right, or maybe it doesn't have this feature turned on automatically.
I wondered what to do about this danger to hikers and cyclists, when two people came along. They tried to shoo it off the trail and succeeded only in bringing it to attack position. I left to circumvent the area, and warned a few mountain bikers, using the dirt trail, about it. Some rangers busy with something weren't very interested.
The
high clouds came over, and the light was nice. Clouds of gnats
swarmed about, but there were no ticks or mosquitoes. Plenty of
butterflies, yet. The wildflower bloom seems to be fizzling as
I have heard this year. Not enough rain in the winter.
To the completion of my loop by 6 p.m., I had a fine ride home.
Hungry, I stopped for some organic buffet food along the way home,
and did another mile of walking.
Doing then 14 miles for the day, I shot over 100 images and movie clips.
Fine with shorts and T-shirt, I carried my belt pack, and often had my new camera in my hand, it is so nice and light to handle.
Relieved that no breakage occurred so rapidly, as fragile as I have to assume with these cameras, now, I will continue to treat the new camera with extreme care.
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