Navigation
Powered by Squarespace
LINKS OF INTEREST
Journal Category Archives
ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

there are 2 main sections to this site.

one is my personal photography journal, and the other is a journal about my SLT photography.

the distinction between them is the location of the shot.  literally.  if i shot it on SLT property it goes to the SLT side.

please explore both sides :)

and please feel free to contact me: sippican-images@comcast.net

Sunday
07Feb2010

incoming ice

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
04Feb2010

ice teeth

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
26Jan2010

storm debris sunset

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
25Jan2010

storm surge

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
24Jan2010

sunrise this morning

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
22Jan2010

whelk in the gloaming

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
18Jan2010

ice cracks in color

the same shot as previously posted, in color...

Friday
15Jan2010

ice cracks in black & white

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
12Jan2010

harbor ice afterglow

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
09Jan2010

low cloud sunset

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
31Dec2009

christmas beach

another from my visit to the causeway beach...

Tuesday
22Dec2009

winter solstice low tide

yesterday the sunset had grand gradient color after the sun went down, and it reflected on the beach at the planting island causeway...

Saturday
19Dec2009

sunset rock ice

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
14Dec2009

whelk window

today the water was very very still, no wind, quite mild...i spotted this guy when i walked the tideline.

Sunday
13Dec2009

december morning melt

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
04Dec2009

early december rose

i don't usually associate december with roses blooming, but they sure are in a nearby outdoor garden!

 

Sunday
29Nov2009

late fall harbor sunset

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
24Nov2009

inner whelk 2

another broken but beautiful whelk :) taken as a long exposure about 20:00 after the sun went down...

Saturday
21Nov2009

the last green

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
15Nov2009

seeing red

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 :)