Kip’s Comments - July 15, 2024
Natural Art
Nearly every day when I am shooting pictures in our outdoor world I consider my observations to be works of art, maybe natural works of art or God’s works of art, you decide. Some days the “art” in the compositions are more obvious than others. Today was one of those days when I saw ample art. Allow me to explain.
Fog and Spruce Trees - DJI_0284
We woke to fog this morning - beautiful fog - assuming you were not driving in it. My reaction was to put my drone in the air to use the fog as a compositional element to create a moody scene. I tried both a time-lapse and still images. As advanced as the drones are, they do not remain exactly in place enough for a static time lapse. Still images, on the other hand, really worked nice. My drone pictures were of the tops of our spruce trees, in fog, with the sun rising between them. Then, once I had the still images done, I edited a photo to create a painting effect (featured above).
Standing Water in Timber - Image 895598
The next image of standing water in a timber looked ok during my first glance, but then as I studied the scene I thought it may look nicer with an artistic effect. In this case the rendered version is not as sharp as the original, instead this work is a bit soft - maybe question-generating - for viewers.
Whitetail Fawn in Wildflowers - Image 895617
There was no “electronic darkroom” work on this image of a whitetail fawn in wildflowers. The wildflowers first caught my attention. Then, I noticed this fawn hiding from me. I had hoped to move enough for a clear view of the face of the fawn, but the fawn had other ideas and vanished, along with its sibling.
I will end with a couple of wildflower images - both recorded near the whitetail fawn. Nothing was done with either file. The blossoms were pretty enough on their own.
Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm) - Image 895634
Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm) and False Sunflower - Image 895650
