Some Landscapes from this Morning

I was feeling relatively well this morning and the weather was very nice so I wandered out on my bike this morning for some exercise and photography.  I quickly took my morning dose of medications, had an English muffin and some iced tea then packed up a backpack with emergency medications and a little bit of photography gear.  Then I grabbed my helmet and backpack and headed out the door to my bike.  

A small issue arose with my bike on this ride.  The gears were a little wonky today.  I need to adjust my rear derailleur because, on its own without any input from me, my bike kept changing gears on me when in the range of around gears three to five.  In the big scheme of things this really is a small issue.  It is just a matter of finding the time and energy to fine tune that rear derailleur again.  Actually, I need to spend some time refreshing my memory on how to make this adjustment first which adds some time to the whole task.

Unlike my last bike ride on Sunday morning, I had no problems with my health on this short bike ride so that is good.  And, I had no problems with my photography either which was nice.  I used my Panasonic G9 camera this time with a Panasonic Leica 12-35mm f2.8 lens.  All of these photos were shot in "high resolution" mode with the camera mounted on my bike.  I have a ball tripod head clamped onto my handlebar stem and that seems to be working well.  Using my bike as a tripod is definitely better than having to carry a small tripod too.  

I found a few scenes that I was not expecting on this ride so that was a pleasant surprise!  

It was a really nice ride.  The traffic was almost nil which was completely different than my last ride on Sunday morning.  Of course, no traffic at all would be better but this morning was no problem.