{"id":106,"date":"2011-05-09T03:09:47","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T03:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2011-05-09T03:33:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T03:33:20","slug":"may-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"May week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It is always a hard choice which location to choose when it isn’t breezy and it is also low tide.\u00c2\u00a0 I headed for the poppies but took a detour to the mussels on the rocks along Tomales Bay (Point Reyes).\u00c2\u00a0 At a negative tide you can find lots of mussels clinging to the coastal rocks.\u00c2\u00a0 At Shell Beach they are often a beautiful blue with small barnacles on them.<\/p>\n

With tripod, a 100 mm macro lens and a diffusion disc I set up shop.\u00c2\u00a0 Kneeling in the sand makes a comfortable shooting position.\u00c2\u00a0 Since my meter was on the black and deep blue colors of the mussels I used my exposure compensation and dialed in -1.5.<\/p>\n

You can get lost in time while checking out every little grouping of mussels and sea weeds.\u00c2\u00a0 Therefore on my return I had to go ankle deep in the bay around the last corner of the beach. Usually I like to arrive at a location one hour before the tide is at its lowest. Fortunately the bay side is a calmer incoming tide. \u00c2\u00a0So take a buddy!<\/p>\n

Whenever I see old farm houses I wish I wrote poetry because it seems like endless inspiration is oozing out from the old boards and moss covered corners.\u00c2\u00a0 My poetry is to find an angle to create a photograph.<\/p>\n

You would think I was talking about a sepia image or some monochrome eerie capture.\u00c2\u00a0 Nope, I still want vibrant colors to contrast the present state of the farm house history and the natural world around it.<\/p>\n

So using a wide angle lens from behind a gorgeous clump of blooming cow parsnip I set out to capture the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Old Farm \u00c2\u00a0House.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 This one is at the end of Pierce Point Road in Pt. Reyes, National Seashore.\u00c2\u00a0 It reminds me of part of a poem I recently read, referenced below.<\/p>\n

The Old Farm House<\/a> by Wolf O’neill Mitchum<\/p>\n

The old farm house stood\"\"<\/a>
\nby the side of a nameless road,
\nit’s occupants gone to a better home
\na better place, a new abode,<\/p>\n

it’s windows were borken
\nand it’s roof was caved in,
\nand i stood there and listened
\nto the whispering wind\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.leaving this old farm house
\nto it’s loneliness and decay,
\nto be rediscovered by a stranger
\npassing by on his lonely way,<\/p>\n

all this and more
\nmoved through my restless mind,
\nas i gazed at that old far house
\nstanding alone in eloquent silence, sublime\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

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