{"id":2922,"date":"2012-03-29T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T18:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2012-03-29T14:12:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T18:12:20","slug":"a-hike-in-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/a-hike-in-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"A hike in the wind"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What I’d do for my photography. \u00a0On Tuesday I had a small hole in the schedule, so I decided to head out for a nice, nearly mile-long hike along the Thames River to catch Providence & Worcester train NR-2. \u00a0That was all fine and good, but I neglected to remember that we were coming off of a night that had temperatures dipping down into the low twenties, and a morning with a stiff northerly wind. \u00a0But undaunted by the elements – or apparent lack of\u00a0preparation\u00a0in my clothing choices – I made my hike and got my photos. \u00a0And, yes, I’m trying to get back into the swing of regular postings. \u00a0Hopefully the dry-spell is over and you’ll see stuff here on a more regular basis. \u00a0Well, at least less than sporadic…heh…<\/p>\n

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Yep, despite the frosty evening we had Monday night, I only wore the shell to my jacket, and didn’t have my gloves nor a hat with me when I departed the parking area at Stoddard Cove for my half mile hike north to Poquetanuck Cove, on the Preston\/Ledyard town line. \u00a0Of course, the trip north was into<\/em> the wind, and along the river, so there was no shelter from the constant breeze. \u00a0Needless to say, I was quite chilled by the time I walked the distance between the coves, and found a little shelter from the wind in the rock cut along the tracks. \u00a0After regaining the feeling in my ears and fingers, I surveyed the scene and picked where I wanted to shoot – about halfway up the rock cut. \u00a0But looking around I noticed some stray\u00a0vegetation\u00a0that was in my way. \u00a0So out came the saw on my Leatherman, and I did a little landscaping before the train got there. \u00a0A few minutes after I was done, I heard NR-2 to the north hitting the horn at a crossing. \u00a0So into position I went. \u00a0Not long after that, they came into view to the north in Preston, and I got a nice series of photos of them rolling south out of Preston and into Ledyard.<\/p>\n[AFG_gallery id=’10’]\n

After that, it was a nice walk back to the car, and back to the office for the rest of the day. \u00a0At least the return trip was with the wind at my back, making things a bit more tolerable. \u00a0It also helped that I got the shots I was looking for.<\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!
\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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