Sylvan Loop Trail, Edgewood Park, Redwood City, CA
Voigtlander Bessa R, VC Skopar 35mm f2.5, Kodak Max 400, Scanned from a print
We went hiking yesterday at Edgewood Park. That's Gail in the distance, walking "into the light" at the end of the tree cover.
--Warren
posted by Warren T. at 10:45 PM
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A beautiful photo, Warren!
The slope of the hill bisects the frame nicely on a diagonal. Then the trees pretty much lean perpendicular to that diagonal, but with a little curviness, heading towards the upper right of the frame.
In the bottom of the frame, the curved path leads right to the ultimate, tiny subject, in red, no less! A great contrast against all that green.
Composition aside, it also has a nice emotional appeal - the way you described it, "walking into the light" is very appropriate.
Thanks Steve.
For this hike, I decided to go really light, and just bring my Bessa R w/35mm lens to finish the roll of film that was in it.
If anyone has ever hiked in the SF Bay Area regional parks, you would know that they all pretty much look alike, and there are not necessarily many interesting photo opportunities. Nevertheless, I usually carry a camera with me anyway because again, you never know what will appear at any time.
So this hike was going as usual when the trail led us into a clump of trees. As we hiked in there, I saw this beautiful scene begin to unfold before my eyes, and I knew that I had to get some shots here. I took 3 shots. The first one was of Gail posing next to the first tree on the right. The 2nd shot was of Gail walking off to continue her hike. As she kept walking, I envisioned this, the 3rd shot that you see here, of her at precisely the spot where I snapped the shutter. The light was dim here, and I had to shoot this at either 1/15 or 1/30, I forget which, and pretty much wide open on the aperture.
--Warren
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