Morning Jaunt

Who says you have to get up at the Crack of Insanity to shoot a landscape at the lake? Mid-morning can work quite well here. Not as dramatic as dawn but offers a more comfortable alternative to the über-early morning.

Also gives me something with which to reminisce as I gaze outside and watch the rain pour down.

More Wood

This driftwood made for cool foreground interest at last night’s dusk shoot. Had an audience this time as well, with people asking what I was taking pictures of. Not an unreasonable question when you have a wide angle lens pointed largely at the ground. Always get a kick out of their reactions when I show them the picture on the LCD.

More Wood

This driftwood made for cool foreground interest at last night’s dusk shoot. Had an audience this time as well, with people asking what I was

Got Wood?

Couple things caught my eye today. One a graphic element courtesy of morning shadows. Another a simple door with lots of texture and contrasting lines. Both deserving of a strong black and white treatment.

Crack ‘o Dawn

Up again early this morning. Looked outside and was hopeful as the sky was full of broken cloud that I expected to make for a great sunrise. Unfortunately, by the time I made it out to the pier heavy cloud had rolled in. So much for great light. That said, those clouds made for some good black & white fodder.

They look a lot nastier than they actually were. Was actually pretty calm out and comfortable out there. Another started life as color, but when processed was either too flat to be interesting, or pulled too much color to look natural. My original inclination on this was B&W as well so I stuck with it.

Figured I would take advantage of the even light for a detail/fine art type effort…

Feeling the need for some color left me with these. In the first, the buoys offered interesting contrast to the rest of the scene. In the second, a variation on a theme but with a long exposure to draw out the clouds (would have better to have them blowing into rather than across the frame).

Will see what the rest of our final week brings.