Just a little scenery that caught my eye as I was driving through New Salem before sunrise yesterday. The light reflecting from the bright overhead sky gave the water a silvery blue feel that I thought set off the autumn color pleasingly.
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It’s a restful image. I like the subdued sky and water, but I’m especially fond of the way the ripples separate the trees on the bank from their reflected image. And, I like the brightness of the rippled water as much as I do the trees: although a few of those trees fairly glow, despite the absence of bright sunlight.
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I was lucky to catch this…don’t underestimate the value of peripheral vision…as I past by here. Once I was set up, I watched the ripples move across the water and made a few exposures with them in different configurations…this being the better of the bunch.
As far as the glow, there was a pre-sunrise quality that stopped me on my way elsewhere.
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Really nice. You are beginning to see color in the trees. They are still mostly green here. It will change quickly in the next two weeks.
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It’s getting better, Jim. There are some pockets of good color and other areas with little yet
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I was also going to use the word subdued but I see I’ve been preempted. You speak of a bright sky, but my impression was of one that was subdued, although perhaps it was just the early hour at which you took the picture that gave me that impression.
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Post-processing helped with the sky, Steve, as did the time of day.
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That blue shimmer on the water really unifies the image and makes it work in a way that I don’t think it would with just the blue sky above and below. Beautiful shot!
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I agree, Jackson. After shooting this, I visited a nearby location and then drove by here on the way back. The sky was blue at that point and the light and contrast were much less pleasing. Thanks.
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Lovely! Perfect reflections and beautiful fall colours starting to appear.
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Thanks, Inger. This is a great time of the year.
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Wonderful image… I love the cool blue of the water in contrast to the warm autumn colors!
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Thanks, Denise. They do work well together, I think.
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So serene and still – makes me miss my days in the northeast during our beautiful “foliage season.”
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Thanks, Carol. I don’t think that I could ever move from New England and our wonderful seasonal changes.
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