"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have someone click the shutter." -Ansel Adams
The rule of thirds, polarizing filter, neutral density filter, remotes, wide angle lens, framing, HDR,
hyperfocal distance, low and high key light. These are just a few of the things I have learned in my Advanced Composition class. Whew...and it has only been a week. It has been challenging and fun. Our first lesson was to take pictures of a landscape. I chose Bitterlakes. This assignment had me getting up before sunrise to get some pictures in the golden hour, only to find there was not a golden hour for almost a whole week. Sunsets were not much better. I used a lot of gas, and lost a lot of sleep. (I am not a morning person). We had very nice gray skies, with tons of cloud cover. I was getting rather worried about getting something to turn in. On Friday in the late afternoon, the clouds broke, and I was able to get some nice sunset pictures. Thank you, Jesus. I had prayed that He would thrill me with His creation, and He did.
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| The grasses interacting with the sun's light. So breath-taking. |
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| A few remaining flowers before it gets really cold. |
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| Overlooking Bitterlakes. There was not much water due to the drought. |
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| What a view! Definitely a "golden" moment. See the Crane in the upper left. I could not believe this sight...so amazing. |
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| Gorgeous Fall colors. |
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| The Sandhill Cranes flying overhead. There are a lot of different birds, and their voices fill the air with lots of honking. |
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| This is the my lesson 1 Assignment that I turned in. |
Last night in our weekly class chat, our instructor gave us directions on how to "Ghost" a person in a picture since it was the day before Halloween. I am not too crazy about Halloween (I prefer a Harvest festival), but I did think it was an interesting technique. My ghost is not too scary.
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