We decided to jump on the bikes and ride down to Louisville on Saturday night to take some pictures of the city from across the Ohio river. Because of work obligations, we weren't able to get rolling until about 5pm. This placed us at the river around 7:30- just in time to enjoy a fantastic sunset across the river. I shot about a hundred pictures of the sunset and skyline. The sunset shots were quite gorgeous, but as darkness fell I came upon an irritating realization... I had left my tripod at home. I almost always carry it on photo trips, but for some reason the thought never crossed my mind. My camera has a pretty awesome image stabilization, but nothing could stop the blur when exposure times started getting upwards of 4 seconds. I managed to brace the camera up on a post and get a couple of focused shots. Overall, I was frustrated with the results as the scenery was superb and I was unable to capture on film nearly what I wanted to.
The bike trip itself was good practice and the weather was great. Temps were T-shirt comfortable on the 110 mile ride down. Temps dropped quite a bit on the way back and I had to wear a fleece and my riding jacket, but still stayed nice and comfortable. Nothing significant happened on the ride, but it was good seat time in prep for the upcomming trip.
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