Last week I purchased a new back pack to carry the camera kit. It has room for a fair few lenses, and do-dahs one needs to carry about. There’s all sorts of compartments (Velcro adjustable), pockets and nooks and crannies and lots of ways into the bag. I like this thing because it’s a “swing” type that loops over one shoulder and can be swung around to the front, very quickly where the camera with the longer of my two lenses attached fits nicely and very quickly accessed via the side entrance. Yet it’s not very large. Maybe half the size of a small backpack. This is going to greatly increase the camera’s mobility!

Other nice touches include the soft cloth tethered inside the main compartment – great for covering lenses and LDC panels, and inside the front pocket is a drawstring weatherproof bad to cover the whole shebang in a storm.

So, throwing my kit over my shoulder (if you’ll forgive the illusion) I hoped on my bike and took a spin round the park…

I have the great good fortune to live two long blocks from Prospect Park in Brooklyn. It has a nice easy 3 and a bit mile loop to cycle/run/roller skate around, and many paths inside it’s 300+ Acres and a lake. Consequently I am often to be found there in my free time. Right now the plants around the water margins are looking particularly lush.

The lily and the water plant shots were also assisted by my Bogen Manfrotto Magic Arm clamped to the crossbar of my bike. It’s a great portable camera support, and often much more convenient that a tripod. For these shots I also had help from a small tree which I leaned the bike against for additional bracing.