Mono monday by the icy pond
Another weekend has flown by and a new week begins, as I tend to do I am starting the week with a few Mono shots, this time from a recent visit to the POnd in Buttonwood park here in New Bedford
I was just thinking about how I said a new week begins but on calendars of course Sunday is the first day of the week and not Monday and I remembered when I was young thinking that and going to he library to look up why
Yes I am that old when I was a teenager there was no internet or google if you wanted to research something the library was the place to go
I will admit i did use google to make sure my memory was not failing me and I was right so here goes explaining why
Calendar weeks typically start on Sunday because of religious and historicla reasons, dating way back to the time of the roman empire when Emperor Constatine delcared Sunday as a public holidayt in the Roman Empire.
and it is primarily due to the Christian tradition of considering Sunday as the Lord's Day and as such the first day of the week, marking the day of Jesus' resurrection.
These photos are taken from a walk I took after dropping my wife off at the hair salon to get her hair color done, which takes about and hour and a quarter or more, so even though the temp was only 36F at the time, lower than the temp I set as my if its colder than that do not go out walking limit, but i had not been out for a while so I went for it.
Sony A7iv 20mm F9 1/250 Sec ISO 100
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As you will see from these pictures there was a layerof ice on about half the pond
it was also quite a moody overcast afternoon so not the best for photos, I may have some I can edit in color and use for a Wednesday Walk post at some stage, but most of the shots when I took a quick look at them earlier were best for mono edits such as these I share now
Sony A7iv 23mm F10 1/125 Sec ISO 160
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even on a moody day I cant resist getting a shot of this little island and tree inthe middle of the pond
Sony A7iv 95mm F8 1/125 Sec ISO 320
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the ice and cold was not botheringthe seagulls, ducks and geese, but it sure was bothering me, I was layered up and warm enough except for my fingers, as I wear fingerless gloves when taking photos.
Sony A7iv 400mm F8 1/125 Sec ISO 250
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and saving my favorite of this series for last something about this branch inthe water caught my eye
Sony A7iv 23mm F8 1/125 Sec ISO 400
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