Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 1:01 PM i watched the last 2 afternoons slowly cloud over to gloomy skies...well, yesterday it was just like that all day :(( however i managed to capture a bit of color at a cloudless sunset the night before :
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 12:31 PM a nice low tide and ice got me out the other day, even though the light was not great...when it's really cold the receding tides leaves enough water to freeze! this was taken an hour before sunset (well there was never a sun to set that afternoon) so this freeze happened during daylight...brrrr...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 7:10 PM after the wild day yesterday things were a bit calmer today. the sun finally poked through in the early afternoon, but the wind was raw and the clouds were many...as soon as i got to the shore i saw this pile of debris left from yesterday afternoon's storm surge and wanted to compose a sunset shot around it :) i ended up taking only a few shots of it because the colors and the clouds were mostly elsewhere :( but i am pleased to have gotten this one!
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 6:37 PM high tide was mid afternoon, and before the rains became torrential the wind picked up, 30mph +, with some real body blow gusts!! the ice in the north end of the cove was being slammed by the south wind and waves, and along the edges of the marsh the ice was being broken up by all the action.
Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 11:55 AM rain and wind scheduled for tonight and tomorrow so sunrise had some color...and i managed to get out rather than stand and admire it and drink coffee :)
Friday, January 22, 2010 at 12:33 PM back to my old ways :)))
i found this guy as soon as i got to the shore...and i had been planning on using the 180mm macro lens as i had not used it recently, and it is one of my favorite lenses! the way the sunset moment was caught in the shell was amazing, and totally unplanned...i was shooting away and noticed the glow through the viewfinder, and tried to capture as many shots as i could in the short time the light was happening...this is a favorite because i was able to slow down the exposure for the incoming tide to surround it over time :)
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 4:45 PM the same shot as previously posted, in color...
Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM although i am a devoted color snob :) i admire the artists of b&w photography...admire and respect their vision to create amazing intelligent images in this color space. i find it very challenging (translation: my success rate is very low!!), and do not do much of it as a result. i have a color version of this image that i like, but when i started to work with it in b&w the image really came together for me :))) the composition i saw at the time (late yesterday afternoon, over half an hour after sunset) was the lines and the ice textures, and this focuses on them well without the distraction from color. i will post the color version for comparison, but later, as i want this image to be seen alone first.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 9:03 PM at last, at last, the harbor is beginning to ice up :) the last couple of days have provided some bits of color too! sunday was particularly grand but even tonight, although weak on color, still had some good light. here is one of the last shoots i got tonight when some spotlights of color came through the small break in the cloud bank...
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM earlier this week i was able to be out at sunset :) one day a huge cloud hung very low above. i loved how, about 10:00 after the sun went below the horizon, the light was so fiercely reflected off the bottom of the cloud...as well as highlights of it in the marshgrass on the shore...very cool!
Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 9:23 AM another from my visit to the causeway beach...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM yesterday the sunset had grand gradient color after the sun went down, and it reflected on the beach at the planting island causeway...
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM yesterday i had a chance to shoot some ice before we get slammed with a foot of snow tonight :( it was sunset, and the ice was at the high tide line of the rocks along the shore...
and i like the melting drops in this one...
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM today the water was very very still, no wind, quite mild...i spotted this guy when i walked the tideline.
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 5:12 PM i had a chance to return to the knockout roses one morning soon after...and with rain, snow, and cold forecast i took advantage of the opportunity!
Friday, December 4, 2009 at 12:47 PM i don't usually associate december with roses blooming, but they sure are in a nearby outdoor garden!
Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 12:58 AM sometimes i just need a colorful moment in a harbor sunset to make me smile...this was taken over 15:00 after the sun went down! the other day i went out with the objective of keeping my head up - not engrossed in my macros! - and appreciating the wider view...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 7:11 PM another broken but beautiful whelk :) taken as a long exposure about 20:00 after the sun went down...
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 9:40 AM with the storms moving in and out lately i've been able to take advantage of the sunset color and the occasional stillness to shoot more marshgrass. this was shot about 6:00 before sunset as the sun was sinking rapidly, no clouds though. i had spotted this colorful blade of grass and camped out there for the final moments...
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM this glasswort was shot about 3 weeks ago - i was surprised to discover that i had not posted it! i think too the weather has been so stormy, rainy, and gloomy in the last few days that i needed a burst of color to brighten things up :)
