A couple of weeks back, I decided to take a hike through town, and beyond, with the goal of enjoying a nice winter’s day, and maybe getting to make some photographs. I was thinking I would go to the Broadway Bridge and head East along the Huron River, past »
I’ve been trying to track down exactly where some of my older photographs were taken. They’ve been cataloged in Lightroom, so I know when they were taken easy enough, and I know what the event or excursion was, what the general location. But the specifics are pretty bare. I’ve been using a combination of Google Maps and Ordinance Survey maps to try and come up with better captions. For this photograph, I had a pretty clear memory of much of the hike, and I knew the general area, so I started zooming in with Google Maps. »
We have a large, old magnolia tree in our front yard. It is in full bloom. This year feels unusual, compared to recent years, in that there are no storms coming through, blowing all the blossoms off almost as soon as they appear. Of course, we did lose yet »
Of course, I’ve always known that you can use a polarizer to darken the sky. When you are at right angles to the sun. And I knew something of how they could reduce reflections, as in windows or ponds. But I had never taken that to heart and thought »
This afternoon it was 2F (-17C) and snowing, but I decided I had to get out and look for some photos. At about 4:30pm (with sunset at 5:50pm), I went to Gallup Park which is where the Huron river widens out and there’s an island or two. It’s where »