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Back to Mendon Ponds April 14, 2008

Posted by tcbp in : Color Vision, Photography , 1 comment so far

Somehow I convinced my friends to join me down to Mendon Ponds yesterday to go for a hike and take some photos. We parked and hiked in a little bit and found some interesting things to shoot, mostly just taking advantage of the nice light from the setting sun. Eventually we decided that it was getting too dark and too chilly to stay there much longer, but I think we were also just running dry creatively for whatever reason.

Reflection
Barn Silhouette
Reeds & Sky


I found the barn silhouette interesting. Not my favorite of the bunch but I thought the sky was intense enough to include. Reflection is, by far, my favorite. I have struggled with the colors though as I’m not sure if the reeds are too yellowish or too reddish or too something. Half the problem is I don’t know if they’re too saturated, the other half is I don’t know if they’re the wrong color. Oh well! I like how their warmth and brightness plays off against the cool darker water.

I like the one so creatively named “reeds & sky” but I’d like it better without that shadow. Unfortunately there was a tree behind me and I just didn’t notice the shadow when I was shooting. If I had I would have recomposed to try to remove it from the frame if I could.