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photo by Donald Kinney
The man-made lake at Nicasio is usually full of photo opportunities -- I suppose it's a bit like fishing.
I think I caught a "whopper" here, if I do say so myself.
And it was such an easy shot to snap -- a large lens aperture gave me a short depth-of-focus, and in Photoshop I was easily able to bring the tones up slightly to correct for a bit of under-exposure.
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And no, this isn't any sort of ominous storm passing over -- it's just the heavy morning cloud cover breaking up.
I think about 90% of photography is "just being there at the right time". Some day I'm going to get this same shot with streaming sunlight pouring through the cloud-breaks. I can't wait -- today could be the day.
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Same approximate scene, but a bit closer using the zoom lens.
Quite a bit lighter and not so ominous, although it was taken only about five minutes later than the previous shot.
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5 comments:
That main photo - the one with the water ripples. Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!
Such drama. I realy like the early morning dark clouds.
You really cinched the first one of the leaves. So many times we are out too late in the day and everything is just flat.
Lesson #1....quite sleeping in and get out there!!!!
Oops, really!!
Nice shots! First picture was the best i think :) So nice!
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