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June 29, 2008
PhotoHunt: Bright
I wasn't going to post this week because I didn't have time yesterday and I didn't think I had anything workable, and then just now I remembered a shot I took in February 2006, during the Arboretum Project. We had such a cold snap that creeks froze with ripples in them still, and I got a shot of one, on an ice cold day (freezing nostril hair when you inhaled kind of cold), with full daylight and not a cloud in the sky. The sunshine reflected off the ice really jacked with the F-stops on the camera. Bright may not, in fact, be a strong enough word for the intensity of the glare.
Frozen Rapids
Even just looking at this photograph again, I want to squint.
I was going back through my Arboretum Project photos for a different project this week and realized that I really miss those weekly shoots. I got such a sense of peace during those two to three hours I spent wandering. I miss seeing the turtles and the baby birds and the dragonflies and the heron and all of the changes. And I miss the development it gave my eye. I took some really great shots that year, as my skills and vision improved. It was good for me. Maybe this year I can find the time to do something like it again.
Posted by sally at June 29, 2008 12:16 PM
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I can't begin to imagine that kind of cold. Incredible bright photo!
Posted by: Dragonstar at June 29, 2008 12:53 PM
nice entry for the "bright" PH theme. :)
hope u had a great week-end!
Posted by: arlene/sunshineforlife at June 29, 2008 05:54 PM
Amazing, the way the ripples froze into the ice. Beautiful shot.
Posted by: Vicki at June 29, 2008 06:00 PM
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