A Much Needed Hike And Working With My New Canon T3i

Today, March 15th, '14 Sally and I took a much needed day hike on trail # 161, the Huckaby Trail. Smack in the Sedona, Red Rock, Oak Creek area of Arizona. And Barney our dog tagged along with us. It was nice, although I did not dress for the occasion, it was a bit warmer than I anticipated. The trail offered a bit of a challenge with slight up and down hill climbs to make it interesting. But ended nicely at Midgley Bridge on Highway 89A just north of Sedona and Oak Creek passing through. Barney loved that.
I brought two of my cameras. One the ol' steady 'Canyon' veteran the Canon SX280HS I used while Sally and I was working our way to Midgley Bridge. The photos and videos I will use to make my You Tube video. The Canon t3i I saved for the trip on the way back and I think I may have made a mistake using it at the time of day, early to mid afternoon, and that really isn't a good time for taking photo's of landscaping. Especially that of Red Rock country. So I played around during the hike and used a ND8 filter shooting a scene of Oak Creek and Midgley Bridge in the background with the intent of making Oak Creek looking frothy. Make the small rapids stand out. And for the hike back I used a rotating polarize filter to soften the glare of the afternoon sun. I hope.
Having said that we'll see when I load the computer up later with the photographs. I'm in the process of bringing a new CPU on line.


FOLLOW-UP MARCH 16TH, 2014

Finally had an opportunity today to review the 67 photo’s I had taken yesterday on the Huckaby Trail. I can say the afternoon sun was indeed harsh for photo’s in the Red Rock country. However, I did find seven favorite and one I am considering titling ‘ A Fence No More’.