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Fog Fire
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This shot was taken on a cold morning when
there was quite a bit of fog rising from Patriot Lake. I
underexposed this picture to get the dramatic, saturated effect you see
here. The rising fog in the distance looks like smoke rising from
a fire. I like the the willow tree in the foreground as a
silhouette. I stood in the cold for a long time waiting for the
sun to rise. I learned from this experience to check the sunrise
and set time tables on the Internet before planning when to arrive at a
location. Planning to be at the predetermined location at about 20
minutes prior to sunrise is about right. Many times, the best
light is just before the sun actually rises. And don't forget to
turn around and look behind you. You might be surprised to
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Rice Tracks
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I was driving back from Little Rock in the
late afternoon and I had passed by this rice field before and decided to
look for another like it and stop to get a photograph. It is kind
of hard to see something going seventy miles per hour and stop quickly
enough with out having to back up quite a ways. I never did see
another opportunity like it the rest of the way home. I learned a
lesson that if you see something that grabs your attention, shoot it
then. You might never get another chance. A few weeks later
I was driving back again, and I decided to stop this time. The
light was not quite the same but I still got a similar shot this time.
I like the abstract graphical shapes formed
by the tracks. The pattern reminds me of some sort of Egyptian hieroglyph
or maybe a Greek letter. I have tried to figure how the tracks
were formed and I figure it was by a tractor, but I can't for the life
of me figure how the tires would diverge and converge like that! |
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Earth Shadow
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This picture is interesting for the colors in the sky. The
sun is directly behind me and is still about fifteen minutes from
rising. The dividing line between the red/pink sky and the blue
sky on the horizon is the terminator of the earth's shadow against the
atmosphere. The sun is shining on the red part while the blue part
is in the shadow. I had actually come to this spot hoping that
there would be a fog on the lake and that I could get that snowy white
shot I had mentioned on an earlier shot of these trees.
I am discovering that the opportunities for
great light situations are fleeting moments and you really need to keep
a camera with you and get out a lot to take advantage of those moments. |
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Fall Color
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Searcy Building Lake in Little Rock. I
wanted to go on a leaf hunt but I never made it. I was fortunate to
find this right off the parking lot before heading home on a business
trip.
It was on this shot that I really learned how
to setup my scanner to get the right colors and how to use Photoshop to
make the monitor's image approach the snap of a slide on the light
table.
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The geese flying over the lake are a fairly
regular thing at Shelby Farms. Waiting for the sunrise, I caught
this one. The geese are going to be blurred because of the slow film
speed, low light level and the their movement. It works though when
they are fairly far away since the eye does not expect them to be in focus
at such a distance.
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I had my Coolpix 950 on an afternoon hike and
saw this back lit leaf. Yes it was torn up pretty bad but I think
that it tells the story of the expected annual cycle of new growth to
eventual decay. Even though this leaf is near its death, you can
still see the beauty in the incredible detail of its structure revealed by
the translucent light.
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On a morning walk in Honduras where I went on a
short term mission trip, I noticed these unusual flowers. This was
just a grab shot, but I wished I had been more careful in focusing on the
flowers. The out of kilter composition and the contrasting blue and
yellow colors help the picture to work for me.
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A friend of mine pointed out how much he liked
this picture taken during a automobile tour of downtown Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. The man with the banana is the focal point, but the whole
picture tells the story of a third world city's daily life.
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In an upper room off a downtown alley in a bad
section of town, was a delightful spirit-filled church. These
children were sitting in a small alcove off the main worship room during a
Saturday evening worship service.
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