Breaking a rule…don’t tell people you screwed up. They’ll never know. 🙂
I was a little late for the show this morning but saw the fog and building glow on the horizon so headed for a spot I’ve shot before. Plan A was to shoot a shapely tree silhouetted in the fog through a gap in the trees from the Norwottuck Railtrail Bridge over Southeast Street based on what I saw from where I parked. But I didn’t think about the power lines. They were right in my face once up there. So Plan B was to narrow the view of a different tree that could be composed below the wires.
See. If only I knew enough to keep my mouth shut. 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thank you.
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Plan B gets an A+! Like a really nice Japanese woodblock print, I love this!
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Thanks, Robert. I was trying to think of what it reminded me of and your woodblock comment rang a bell.
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No problem. That’s how we all deal with challenges when photographing. Who cares about power lines not visible in a photo? You made the best our of the situation and it turned out darn good. A gorgeous sky.
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Thanks, Otto. I hate power lines, almost as much as jet contrails, so having them in the image would have ruined it for me. And although I do clone things, I try not to do it in a way that anyone would recognize. So from this spot it would have been obvious to anyone who lives in my town. And as it turned out I think this was the better choice even without the lines.
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I’ve always felt like power lines were the main reason Photoshop was created. Love the fog.
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Thanks, Bob. It does come in useful for such things. Every morning that I wake up to find fog in the forecast is a happy one.
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Ah, but you keep your eyes open.
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That I do. The more one walks around the better the compositions become.
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That is the wisdom that comes with experience.
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Very Nice Steve! Great warm color!!
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Thanks, Reed. It did build nicely as I watched.
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Based on the post’s title, this could be your morning after pic.
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I’m lost for that.
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Here’s the Plan B your title brought to mind:
https://www.planbonestep.com/
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The morning after did give me that idea, but there was also the movie about a nuclear war with a similar name as well as a few mornings while in college it could also refer to.
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I almost feel like I am on high looking down through this amazing tree to the golden light beyond. Beautifullly done, Steve.
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In a way you are, Pete. I was on a bridge and looking slightly downward. Thanks!
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Really lovely thank you Steve!
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Glad you like it and thank you, Liz. 🙂
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The tracery of the limbs is beautiful against the light. I don’t know what you’d envisioned, but this vision is perfect.
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The tree I initially saw when on ground level would not have been backlit quite like this or had as pleasing a shape as it was more heavily leafed out.. Those power lines did me a big favor by making me look for an alternative. This worked out much better than what I originally had in mind. Go with the flow. Thanks, Linda.
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If you could keep your mouth shut, you might be tempted to keep your eyes less open. Do not let yourself succumb to that temptation. At the risk of attracting winged critters to your open mouth, leave it so. Mine is open to your lovely Plan B.
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I always marvel at folks who look up to watch birds flying overhead with their mouths agape. You never know what one of those dirty birds might do. And then there are the bug explorers who see your open mouth as an adventure.
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Lovely. Too often, I also have power lines ruining a spectacular scene but since I’m an amateur photographer haven’t been able to produce a beauty as you have above.
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Thank you. It happens to us all.
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So nice, Steve. I always say that a photograph of a sunset must have something besides a sunset going for it. Your fog and trees meet my criterion. Lovely.
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Thanks, Linda. I always try to have something besides the sky but there are times when the sky says it all. That’s special though and having a foreground or something else contributing does make a stronger statement.
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That was good thinking! This branches have a nice balanced structure. I don’t see how you broke a rule but I don’t believe in them anyway!
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Thanks, Denise. That was meant mostly as a joke. I didn’t anticipate the power lines which is no big deal. But admitting it to the world… 🙂
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Beautifully composed, Steve! I love the soft colors and delicate lacy feel. Terrific alternative! …. I agree – power lines could often ruin a sunset.
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Thanks, Carol. Sometimes there isn’t a plan B but I was lucky this time. Happens occasionally. 🙂
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This looks like a Plan A photo to me 🙂
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And that’s why I should keep secrets. 🙂 Thanks, Melissa.
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🙂
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What you said about keeping the secret is true, but I bet I speak for everyone when I say that it’s valuable to know someone as experienced as you can still make mistakes like that. I love Plan B, what a beautiful image! Those lacy trees, and the mysterious purple ridge…
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If you only knew just how many I do make. 🙂 It isn’t every time that failure breeds success but often enough to enjoy the lessons. Thanks, Lynn.
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Well said, Steve!
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