Archive for August 2011

I liked the way the water drops reflected the bright sun. Look carefully, it’s there. This is the same place I took the Day 242 shot.

I re-visited Watson Park in Marlborough, MA. and took some more photo’s. The sun was really bright and I saw what looked like a perfect shot with the sun and trees. Let me know what you think. And yes, the sun flare was planned. 😉

I drive by this on the way to work all the time. Today I figured I’d stop and get some photos. I don’t think there’s usually water here although at one point I think this was a stream, but I’m not sure. The water must be left over from Irene.

After the rain calmed down today I took a ride through a couple of towns to see the kinds of damage Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene caused for the local area. I got a lot of photo’s of downed trees, but I think I have seen enough of those on Facebook, Twitter and the news today. So I just took this photo of a road. You can tell something happened because the road was covered in leaves. This was pretty much every road in town. I then made the photo black and white for dramatic effect and softened it up a little to blur it. Ok, well the blur may be because I wasn’t focused perfectly, but you get the “picture” (pun intended). Let me know what you think. I took some risk to make it a little artsy. I hope you like it.

When I was at the beach, I saw someone actually holding a seagull. I asked him if I could take a photo of the bird in his arms.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard the phrase “Go Fly A Kite”, I would have a bunch of nickels 😉 I might even have enough wind with Hurricane Irene coming soon to fly a kite made of wood.

I liked this photo for the splashing water effect. But a bonus was the expression on the woman’s face from the cold water splashing against her back.

The subject in this photo is the ocean and just the ocean. No boats,swimmers or boogie boarders! Just water as far as the eye/lens can see.

As I have mentioned before, I like capturing shadows. So why not my shadow on the beach? Not very artistic and pretty much silly, but non-the-less, it’s what I wanted to capture at the time. To me, that’s what photography is all about. Enjoy!

Before you ask… I don’t have a seagull or bird fetish. Now that I have that out of the way and have your attention… I liked the composition of this photo.
TIP: When photographing small animals or other subjects low to the ground, it helps to get to their level. So I was pretty much on my stomach when taking this photo on the beach. Let me know what you think.