Early Morning Photos
Here are a few photos I took last month in Lincoln Park early in the morning. I'm still attracted to shooting fog pictures as they are always different and changing. All were shot within a half an hour using a Canon digital camera.
posted by martin at 11:10 AM
10 comments
10 Comments:
I like the nice morning colors and the stillness of the reflection on the building shot. It's a classic composition for a classicly designed structure.
The foggy tree shot reminds me of a Chinese brush painting, nice layering.
Nice perspective and layering on the skyline shot too, but contrast is a bit low, and the bright window reflections detract a bit.
Cool stuff, Martin!
--Warren
Martin's new Internet handle: SF-FogMan
:P
Hey Ted, how's Seattle? Is it raining? :)
How about some shots from Seattle when you're up there?
--Warren
Hey Warren -- I delayed returning for a week, I have a temp project going on right now. I like Martin's cloud photos. I think one of the current magazines on the shelves covers shooting fog, but I think Martin has it nailed!!
These are wonderful, Martin - very nice compositions, and in each one, you captured a wonderful mood.
Martin,
Nice shots. Have you ever tried early morning on Hwy 92 and Skyline lookingdown onto Crystal Spring Res? I drove that for 20 years and fog with the different looks was always great. I wanted to get out and take a picture, but I was always in a hurry to get to work. I love the fog, and miss it. Keep these coming!
You know, sometimes you just see some pictures and there is this burst of energy that hits you. And when you try to put words to it, nothing really fully expresses what you feel. Sometimes a functional curse does the trick. Let me try.
Holy crap, I love these f#@*ing pictures Martin!
Well, it's the closest I can come to my love for these shots :)
Fantastic.
Really Lea, you need to tell us how you REALLY feel :) :P.
Yeah, this is Martin's modus operandi, lay low for weeks, maybe months at a time, then BAM! he hits us with some real eye popping pictures (or at the very least, a pithy comment or two).
--Warren
Words have failed me, lol.
... or maybe it is I who have failed words? hm.
Whatever Martin is using as his means of getting a good shot, I must say -- I think it is working.
Thanks for the comments. I often go out walking without my camera and I see photo opportunities. I say to myself, gee, that would make a good photo. Then there are other times, I would have my camera and not "see" any good photos. That morning last month, I was up around 7am going out for my morning coffee and I noticed the low fog. I quickly got my camera and drove north to Lincoln Park as I had been there many times before and only made so-so pictures. What I found was the low fog and if you went to the top of the hill where the museum was you could see clear sky. Like Warren probably does, we both scout locations looking for photo possibilities. We make mental notes as to when good photos can be made much like Ansel Adams did when he photographed Yosemite. This is one time where the conditions were near perfect.
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