Posted on November 9, 2011 in Landscape, Nature
I’m not much for getting up super early to go out and photograph the sunrise. I’m not much for getting up super early to go out and photograph anything for that matter! Just ask me how many times I’ve made it to a dog show in time to hear the National Anthem at the start of the day! Not very often! 🙂 [Oh and I LOVE hearing the dogs howl to the National Anthem, too!] Well, today I was up bright and early before sunrise and saw that it was a bit foggy/misty so for whatever reason, I was inspired to drive over to the lake to see if there were any images to be made. I ended up spending over an hour there, photographing sunrise, mist, dew on leaves, water reflections, etc. It turned out to be a fun, albeit chilly, early morning adventure. Here’s one image of the shoreline with a rowboat, some mist on the water, and the last of Fall color in the leaves.
Posted on November 2, 2011 in Abstract / Graphic, Nature
After the weekend snowstorm, the trees were glistening in the early morning light on Sunday. Some were drenched in heavy wet snow and others were already bare. I loved looking up at the tree patterns against the blue sky. It’s hard to believe that just a few days ago the world looked like a winter wonderland and today it was nearly 60 degrees outside. Things are looking up – at least for the time being – and hopefully those who are still without power will have it restored very soon!
{This image was shot with my Canon 18-55mm lens, a fish-eye attachment, and then a texture layer was applied in post-processing.]
Posted on October 19, 2011 in Abstract / Graphic, Fall, Nature, Topaz
I shot this image of fallen leaves over the weekend. Do you think it’s an image of leaves on the ground or leaves in the water? This is one of those images that would make a fun (and difficult!) jigsaw puzzle!
Posted on October 16, 2011 in Fall, Landscape, Nature
This weekend I spent some time out & about in search of Fall color to photograph. We had very heavy rain Friday and high winds Saturday, both of which helped to change the landscape dramatically. There were splashes of yellow, red and orange leaves mixed with trees that were completely leaf-less. In some areas, the trees are still green. Normally this is the peak weekend in my neck of the woods, but things were a bit disappointing. Regardless, I made the best of what nature presented and came away with some images that I like. This image was taken at about 5:30 PM on Saturday when the sun was splashing off of the yellow trees. They were very bright and I decided to tone them down with a texture overlay just to change the mood a bit. In this particular location the trees closest to the water had the most color whereas the trees on top of the mountain were still mostly green.
Posted on October 11, 2011 in Abstract / Graphic, Fall, Landscape, Nature
Wow – it’s been a LONG time since I’ve done a “swipe” like this. I was in my yard yesterday taking photos of my brand new roof [thank you hail storm and insurance company!] and noticed some nice color on the mountain behind the house. I only took a few steps from the back patio in order to capture this scene of the colored leaves and tree trunks in the woods. This was shot at ISO 400, f/32 and 0.3 second handheld and moving the camera vertically while the shutter was open.