Erie Canal - Schoen Place

Nikon D750 with 24 mm lens. ISO 6400 1/50 sec f3.5. 

In order to get pictures for this week's posting, Amy and I drove to Pittsford on Friday evening for some scenery and dinner out.  We drove to Schoen Place on the Erie Canal in hopes of capturing some nighttime winter scenery around the historic waterway.   I was torn between the shot from the bridge of the canal and Schoen Place (it also includes most of the Orion constellation as well - click on the image to see it full screen) vs the high key black and white version of the park bench and its interesting shadow.  From an artistic and photographic perspective I actually think the bench shot is a better one but I drove all the way out there for the canal shot so I'm sticking with it for top billing.

Serene park bench in winter.

The evening was quite chilly and all shots were taken hand held (I had my tripod with me but chose to leave it in the car and rely on high-ISO hand held shots).  I used my 24 mm prime lens on all the shots and kept the 50 mm in my pocket (hands were too cold to swap lenses!).  I like undisturbed snow for picture taking so it was nice to see a section of the canal side untouched and allowed for a couple nice photos (including the aforementioned park bench.)

Schoen place from across the canal.

After taking the photos we decided to stay in Schoen Place for dinner and selected Aladdin's Natural Eatery, that serves mediterranean style cuisine.

 Amy had her favorite, moussaka, and I had the gyro plate and a pint of Rohbach's beer.  Overall not a bad evening despite the temperatures in the teens.  Now all we need is some snow so that we can try out our new snow shoes and get outside for more photo taking opportunities.