Two nights ago this was the last image I snapped as I walked from a nearby lake to my car. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again:
NEVER TURN YOUR CAMERA OFF
UNTIL YOU’RE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION.
My parents were in town for the holidays and my father showed up on Wednesday night without his cameras in tow. He was disappointed that the trees looked so beautiful with the snow all around them and there he was without his Nikons. I handed him my Canon S3, gave him a 5-minute lesson, and away he went.
So, here you go…original image by my dad and post-processing by me. Hey, maybe we’re on to something here?
After two nights of walking along the river’s edge to catch the autumn sunset I realized there might be something to see from the other side of things. So, Friday, I hit the north end of the park and shot the sunset through the small grove of trees. What I got was a collection of some of the best silhouette shots of my life.
Looking at the same scene in a totally different way…it’s a good thing.
I almost missed it again tonight. Caught on the wrong side of the tracks as a coal train pulled through town, I came within minutes of missing another beautiful autumn sunset.
Finally, the train pulled out and I made it down to watch a stunning display as the sun slipped quietly down into the waters of the Missouri River.
Last November I went to vote in our local elections on my way into work and when I came back outside the little bit of sunlight that has managed to come out was being drowned by a heavy dose of fog. Standing in the church’s parking lot where I had voted moments earlier, I snapped off a couple of shots of the trees that lay just past the parking lot’s edge.
