Autumn’s Light Series: Photo 3
November 6, 2013
Author Jon Katz recently blogged, “I think all photographers are obsessive, really, we focus on things and go back to them again and again, time and again.”
Katz words made me feel better about my obsession to stalk the autumn light and capture, digitally, what I see with my eyes. Unfortunately, I fail at seizing the full beauty more than I succeed. The photo here is far from being technically spot-on or professional. But the photo does show the playfulness of autumn’s rays sliding across the southeast pasture behind the tips of silver maple leaves.
When autumn light ebbs through foliage (or window panes) rays move quickly. A photographer has to be on alert, wait and watch. The perfect moment can pass within seconds. As an amateur photographer, sometimes I miss the perfect opportunity because I don’t know or I don’t have the camera settings correct for the situation. Other times, the angle from which I focused the lens, or distance, creates a bad image.
Photography is a lot like gardening. In order to harvest the perfect results, ensuing factors must come together at the right moments. And, so, “all photographers focus on things and go back to them again and again, time and again.”
Photographers (and gardeners) just can’t stop themselves!
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I so enjoy your writings and photos..Thank you
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these are really pretty, keep your obsession goin’ and thanks for sharing:)
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gorgeous. I think you captured what you intended. Going back and back again to try to make something better, reminds me of re-writing for an author.
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You sure did capture the glory of Fall.
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