The Slough

There are times of day when the light will work to your advantage. Late afternoon is one of those times.

This is a Test

Just trying this out.


I've been looking for a blogging app for my phone and this one seems to be the one that will work for me. It's called BlogPress.

It's fairly straight forward and I just needed to set up a couple of things so that I can include pictures with my uploads. Once that was done I was able to start posting right away.

-- Post From My iPhone

Nautical Reflections

Reflections are a nice subject matter. They give a slightly different view of the world around us. When you start to look for them, you'll notice they're everywhere.

After Burn

Nature offers an endless variety of subjects.

Coral Casino

I decided to take a walk along a deserted beach and was glad I did.

Heading back just at sunset I was confronted by this scene. As the sun was setting it was being reflected off a glass wall, creating a gold band just below the silhouette of a tree.

This provided just a little bit extra to add some interest to this shot.

Dusk

Just after sunset the glow in the sky provides an opportunity for photographers to play with longer exposures. There's still enough light in the sky to make images, provided you leave the shutter open longer.

I like to explore these opportunities along the coast when the tide is low. It allows me stand in the tide pools recording the breaking waves over longer intervals of time, making them appear almost as a mist.

Gypsy

I was able to play with some off camera flash. This was my goal for the weekend, the trouble was that I was having trouble finding a model.

Thank goodness for the family pet, tough they don't really cooperate very well.

I sort of liked the challenge of it.

With the cat napping on an old piece of cloth in front of an open window I was able to put a flash unit to camera left and wait a bit until the sun came in from behind for back lighting and take a few shots.

I like the results but need LOTS more practice.

All in all, I really can see how lighting comes into play and improves what would otherwise be a very dull shot.