28 Mar 13. Thought I'd switch modes for today and go with a watercolor. This is another of the images taken at Baker Lake and it just sorta called out for being converted. On our first tour in the military the Wives Club hosted several art auctions wherein a major art dealer from N.Y. would come down to Warminister and auction off art work of many kinds. We bought several pieces and among them were 3 or 4 water color prints. I didn't really like the form at first but it has been growing on me ever since such that I'm now enjoying finding those shots that I think are rendered well as watercolors. See what you think. Nikon D300s; Aperture Priority; ISO 200; 1/320 sec @ f / 8.
29 Mar 13. On Monday I shared a shot taken from the top of Bald Mountain in which I attempted to depict all the weather that we experienced as we spent a few hours roaming the park. As you should have noted by the mares tails it was a bit windy as well as warm, the convection currents coming from ground level no doubt contributing to the weather. The change in the color of the ground should also have provided a little hint as to the temps we experienced. Today we are looking at the same area, albeit not from the top of Bald Mountain, courtesy of a Park Ranger who was unable to maintain control of his vehicle and therefore wouldn't allow others to drive around in the park, 9 days after the first photo was taken. Now what you are seeing is a snow covered plain as opposed to that hot desert like environment of just a little more than a week prior. I have intentionally changed the feel of this image to one which is much softer in appearance, trying to simulate the experience of utter quiet provided by the frozen ground cover. The feeling was not unlike that which one experiences as snow flakes float to the ground silently engulfing everything around them. If you kept the image from Monday, place them side by side and see if you can "sense" the difference. D300; 18 - 200; Aperture Priority; ISO 200; 1/500 sec @ f /11.
