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I didn't plan to go to Scituate today but, I had a spare hour, I was in the general area, the sky was glorious and I thought that maybe I could find a great image. As I approached the curve of the bay with the lighthouse at the far side of the arc, I knew there was a great image there hiding in plain sight - I just had to find it - the game is on.
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My last visit here had been in warm weather and I had lucked out then with the serendipitous appearance of a woman in a colorfull dress to use as a subject. Not so today - it was cold and windy - nobody out and about except me.
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This is a good angle but, the shady side is not quite what I had in mind although the red ribbon on the wreath was a welcome subject element.
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The sun flare is a nice touch but, still not quite right.
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I definitely like this sunny side view better but still, not quite right. The regular houses in the background are not desirable elements to me today.
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Even by making the lighthouse whiter and brighter it is still not what I want.
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I think I will focus here. This angle view has full light on the lighthouse, is not cluttered with other houses, but at first glance, it is somewhat flat and not strongly interesting.
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Stepping back a bit, the flagpole without a flag is not good but I like the extra visual reach uncluttered on that side of the light keeper's house. I think I will try..........
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.......bending the horizon with my super-human powers............
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......then remove the flagpole and saturate the blue color in the sky a touch more......
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....and lastly, add a texture overlay and vignette. Eureka! I like it. Creative photographic mission accomplished - and best of all was being outdoors in the bright sunshine - always a winner in beautiful southeast Massachusetts.
I think making the picture black and white would do it justice. The landscape is so bleak in winter. Making it bleaker would dramatize it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point!
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