30 Days with the Fuji X100s: Day 2

I went to my favorite park (Teddy Roosevelt Island) and it was closed due to the government shutdown. I knew it would be, but I didn't think the parking lot would be closed too. It was and I had to walk a mile to get to the park. I couldn't get in, but I could walk the trails on the side of the George Washington Parkway. As I was taking the picture a man came up to talk about the shutdown. He told me that the overlooks were closed too. The overlooks. You know, you drive in, look and drive out. Closed.

Now onto the camera. I'm not totally in love with it yet. It seems that I am under exposing when I choose the aperture and shutter myself. LCD's throw me off a bit, I should try using the optical viewfinder and see if my exposure is better.

I want to shoot everything in black and white. This camera makes it look so nice that way.

See.

Here's a different shot of the same thing in color (meaning, I let the camera do the conversion, not Photoshop). While I love the punchy color, I like the serenity in the B&W shot better.

And if you walk the trails by the GW, you have to get the Memorial Bridge in a picture. And you have to get the sunny side, so be prepared to walk!

I do absolutely love the weight of this camera. I did not miss having a backpack and back pain. And I don't feel limited by the fixed lens. I instead feel grateful that I'm not carrying a backpack full of lens choices that I never use on these walks! For some reason, I can't take the DSLR with one lens, I feel like I'll miss something. Which is ironic because I have stopped carrying anything and I miss everything.