A hazy, almost-full mooon was rising by the time I finished my hike on the Appalachian Trail last evening. This photo was made from South Mountain near Myersville, Maryland.
Tag: evening light
Beech tree at dusk
I first was attracted to the lone leaves clinging to a few branches of this beech, but then got distracted by the pattern of the tips of branches over the stream below. I was focusing on them with great intensity when I accidentally bumped a branch with my head, which set all its branches swaying… Continue reading Beech tree at dusk
Yin and yang light in outdoor portraiture
Recently in Harper’s Ferry I found myself in a situation photographers often are confronted with: an obvious and safe lighting choice, as opposed to a much less obvious but (as it turned out) much more dramatic choice. In this case I was on the pedestrian bridge across the Potomac River with a photographer friend right… Continue reading Yin and yang light in outdoor portraiture
Weather report
Cold front moving through Lovettsville, VA around sunset on Sunday, as seen looking northwest and north from Featherbed Lane. (Click on each photo for uncropped view)
Twilight on the Potomac
It was a quiet Labor Day evening on the Potomac River. I expected more people; all I saw was one kayaker a great distance off and one outboard motorboat with two fishermen, who told me they’d had quite a haul. The egrets were definitely having a time of it. Watching them fish is a study… Continue reading Twilight on the Potomac