The moon shone silver on the sea this morning and I zoomed out the door to attempt to photograph it. I was a bit late, but the morning was quite magical anyway. I stood on a bluff, watching the sky grow pink. Waves crashed on the rocks and two bald eagles flew past. My photos overall weren't so good, but I do like the shot of the information sign perched above the tidepools below. I then drove inland a mile or so and photographed the Alsea Bay as the sun tried to make its way throu
gh a fog bank in the distance. Bare branches obscure the scene, but also add a bit of interest and context. "Context" is my byword for 2009. I'm good at zooming in tight on small things, or capturing detail; it's the big picture that's a challenge and is what I'm hoping to improve upon this year. "Shoot early, shoot late" is another concept for me this year as well, and I achieved both this morning. ©Carol Leigh
In keeping with my New Year's resolution to "shoot early/shoot late," I was at the Seal Rock overlook at dawn to shoot the sky turning pink and blue. My current online class has a lesson coming up on motion, and so I was experimenting with longish exposures, capitalizing on the low light. I shot waves crashing on rocks with the lights of fishing boats in the distance, and, in the last two photos, created Impressionistic images by sweeping my camera from right to left during a long exposure. An exhilarating morning! Great way to begin the day. A day of hope in Washington, D.C. ©Carol Leigh
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