I set the alarm this Sunday morning because the skies were clear, the warm air cooled over night, and I was hoping to get out to walk the canal with mist in the air. I would not be disappointed.
I dedicated myself to trying to capture every image as I wanted to see it in camera and nearly all images were captured with the dramatic BW tone in camera or with grainy film. I confess to still wishing that I had the control of in-camera jpegs akin to a Fujifilm camera, but that ship has sailed, I think. Besides, images end up getting tweaked even a little bit (crop, small exposure edits) on most occasions and I can just as (more?) easily use presets on RAW files as I can find the perfect settings in camera.
It was a beautiful morning that greeted me immediately with a nice (if not my favorite) image of the white bridge. I saw a small group of geese swimming along the canal and I was able to frame them inside of the reeds along the shore of the canal. I confess that this image is one of the few that I preferred in color, but all the other images of the day were best in monochrome, so this one remains monochromatic as well.
I was surprised that I didn’t see more wildlife along the path as I walked to Poolsbrook. Very often there will a deer or two grazing and enjoying the morning light, but that wasn’t the case today.
My 2 favorite images would be captured at the park. The first being the picture of the bridge with the reflections in the water. I initially tried capturing the image standing with the sun to my back to illuminate the bridge, but when I moved to the other side it was immediately clear that this was the best image under these condition. The second image captured at the park was a silhouette of reeds that I was able to frame in the mist that was awash in the morning light.
It was a very nice and pleasant morning. That I captured a few images that pleased me was just an added bonus.