After shooting the two images that I posted on Silentish Sunday of the sunrise on South Maple Street I was planning to climb up a local mountain looking for some yellow lady’s slippers. On the way I drove by the South Congregational Church in South Amherst and saw a second possibility for sunrise. I don’t think I’ve ever shot two in one day with the possible exception of maybe at Acadia, first atop Cadillac and then at the shore below. Maybe.
I guess you can tell I kind of like this one. 🙂
I did end up on the mountain but took the wrong trail and finished tired and without the yellow lady’s slipper shot. I’ll have another chance elsewhere, I think. But it was certainly a rewarding morning.
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Delightful to get two sunrises Steve. Sad about the slippers .. perhaps you were too early for the yellow lady and she hadn’t shed her slippers 🙂
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Thanks, Liz. No, it was all me. I was looking because some friends told me about them and sent a picture. I found them last year but tried a short cut this time and took a turn too soon.
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Some shortcuts end up being very long cuts.
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It would only have been a long cut had I made it to my intended subject which, sadly, I did not.
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Wow, a real bonus day there, Steve. This one is lovely!
Long cuts sometimes have their own rewards, even if the slipper isn’t found.
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Thanks, Ellen. More like a pleasant distraction as I didn’t go out of my way. 🙂 Thanks. I was and am very pleased with it. I may find the slipper this weekend…they last a while.
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It happens to us often that we go out to search for one thing and find something else perhaps even more beautiful. Your sunrise photo is superb, Steve.
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Thanks, Peter. That is so true and why many folks go out with no intended subject. I am easily distracted.
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Beautiful shot, Steve!
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Thanks, Eliza!
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What an amazing shot! Gorgeous!
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Thank you, Suzanne!
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Definitely a view that deserves to be framed and put up on a wall!
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Thanks, Tanja. I believe that I might. 🙂
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You already did it virtually, Steve.
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Indeed. I won’t even need to get a frame, I can 3-D print this one. 🙂
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Wow! Do you have access to a 3-D printer?
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Just sayin’…not doin’. 🙂 Just an Epson Surecolor P800. I am able to mat and frame though.
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Very nice!
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I like this for three reasons: the more subtle starburst, the variety among the foreground trees, and the way the clouds have left a little ‘open space’ to let the trees stand out even more. It’s a lovely image. Intention is great, but serendipity rocks.
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Indeed serendipity does. Some of my favorites have been unexpected happenings. Many photographers go out with no predetermined goal and take what comes their way. I do set out with an intention but never let that stop me from being distracted and following an entirely different direction…and I am easily distracted.
I have not figured out why some of my starbursts have clean rays and others are more broad or doubled. One of these days I’ll send the 16-35 which is the one I use most for sunrises, in to Canon Service,and see if it needs calibration.
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As well you should like it, Steve, it’s a beauty. Good looking trees.
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Thanks, Jane! This is behind a church and they manage it well. I’ve not seen it happen, but since there are benches I think they hold sunrise services there.
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Double the pleasure. I can see why you kind of like that one.
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Can’t complain about a twofer sunrise. Thanks, Dave!
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