A tree reflected in a wetland pond in dawn tule fog, San Joaquin Valley
My photograph, “Fog, Tree, and Pond” will be in the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) Members’ Exhibit opening this week in Carmel. Forty-five photographs were selected from over 1000 entries. The opening reception is this weekend, July 7 at 5:00-8:00PM and the show continues through August 12. (The reception is open to the public, and Bay Area and Central Coast residents may enjoy visiting in person!)
I made the photograph this past January on a lovely morning of tule fog in California’s Central Valley. I was there to photograph birds but, as so often happens when the fog moves in, I turned my attention to the landscape to make this photograph of a very still and quiet scene with a single tree reflected in a seasonal pond.
Two crew members against a railing in morning light on the Staten Island Ferry, New York, City
The photograph is something I grabbed while riding the Staten Island Ferry from Manhattan to the island. It is almost a bit embarrassing to admit this in retrospect, but I made the photograph while the whole family was on the ferry on the way to the wedding of our youngest son. They hired an actual wedding photographer — there were two of them, actually — but, of course, I could not leave my camera behind. I had been making a lot of informal photographs of the wedding party when I saw these two guys against the orange-painted steel of the ferry.
Technically the photograph was a little bit tricky. Not only were parts of the scene in deep shadow, but the two figures were backlit and the sunlight on the urban landscape beyond was extremely bright. I exposed to (barely!) keep a bit of detail in those bright areas, planning to bring the shadow details back in post. Amazingly, it worked! :-)
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