It was almost dark when I took this photograph. I hiked down along a path that led to a small beach of Lake Henshaw. I took some images down by the water and headed back up the trail. It was a quiet and peaceful evening as I walked up the trail through the rolling hills. I turned back to look around me as it was getting darker, and noticed the wispy clouds stretched across the sky.
That split second at dusk before it gets completely dark is a great opportunity for creating some dynamic images. The colors become rich and vivid, and there is opportunity to shoot with a longer exposure and a smaller aperture, allowing for more of the image to be in focus. Some of the best images I've created come from this time of the day. It always amazes me how quickly the light changes, increasing the color saturation, and then shortly after, pitch black.
I like this image for a lot of reasons. The biggest is the clouds. The color in them is beautiful and also the softness they convey works well here. The exposure time I used was just under a minute. As the clouds moved across the sky during that minute, it translated into the soft motion you see here. I like how they are the focal point, and how they tower over the lake. The lake and the hills seem small and still underneath them. I used an aperture of 9.5 to keep everything in focus, from the grass on the hillside to the mountains in the background.
After I took this image, I decided it was time to go back. I could barely see and I still had to follow the trail back up the hill. I should have brought a flash light with me, but I was not that prepared at the time. I didn't get lost, thankfully, and made it back safely to my car at the top of the hill. This is one of my favorites, thanks for reading.
Nichole
No comments:
Post a Comment