{"id":364,"date":"2012-03-27T04:46:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T04:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2012-03-27T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T16:16:45","slug":"march-week-3-morning-is-for-walking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"March Week 3 – Morning is for Walking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sunrise from Crissy Field - SF<\/p><\/div>\n

Morning is my favorite time for photographing because much of the world is still sleeping or running through rituals that prepare people to head off to their daily routines.\u00c2\u00a0 Morning is also a wonderful time for walking.\u00c2\u00a0 You experience the world differently then.\u00c2\u00a0 Already an hour after the sun has risen most city-scapes return to their concrete medium grey dull tonalities.<\/p>\n

It is difficult to stick to a plan for a brisk walk when so many image possibilities surround you, but to that end I usually leave my “big” camera bag\u00c2\u00a0 at home.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead I will clip a Canon PowerShot S95 to my belt determined to only \u00e2\u20ac\u0153draw it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when something is absolutely stunning.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t everything stunning?<\/p>\n

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KOI circle in Tea Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

The captures I am sharing from last week were taken on my morning walks when the sun was pretty determined not to rise from behind its morning cloud coverage.\u00c2\u00a0 Along the walk from Crissy field to Fort Point I noticed it was low tide and more of the beach was accessible.\u00c2\u00a0 As the sun began to rise it shone through a sliver of clearing between the distant East Bay Hills and the cloud coverage.\u00c2\u00a0 The small aperture, and wide angle provided maximum depth of field and the “staring” effect of the sun.\u00c2\u00a0 From a low angle you could see the sun\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s orange rays reflected on the wet beach.<\/p>\n

The KOI image was taken at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park on a rainy dreary day.\u00c2\u00a0 The tea garden opens at 9 AM and if you are lucky you might even get in a little earlier when the gardener opens the door and invites you in.\u00c2\u00a0 Right now everything is so meditatively beautiful with cherry blossoms and emerald green grasses and deep purple Iris blooming.<\/p>\n

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Sausalito Pilings at Sunrise<\/p><\/div>\n

It was so dark I thought about keeping that PowerShot in its case.\u00c2\u00a0 But you can make creative choices with that kind of dim light.\u00c2\u00a0 Seeing the koi in the pond I choose to set the camera at ISO 100 and the smallest aperture opening.\u00c2\u00a0 This gave me a slow shutter spend which would definitely make every image blurry.\u00c2\u00a0 So I rotated the camera while photographing the koi and a tree reflection in the pond.<\/p>\n

The Japanese are revered for breeding beautiful varieties of koi fish. The Japanese Koi is a symbol of strength and the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nishikigoi” is the most decorative and sought after for individual and park ponds. All carp are said to be offspring of the Japanese black carp known as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Magoi.”<\/p>\n

The history of the koi goes back to\u00c2\u00a0 20 million year old fossils found in China and perhaps originating in the Caspian Sea. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Koi\u00e2\u20ac\u009d comes from the Latin name Cyprinus Carpio meaning Carp<\/p>\n

These walks and the images they bring remind me of Cat Steves (Yousuf) from decades ago singing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Morning has Broken.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 The lyrics \u00c2\u00a0are by Eleanor Farjeon<\/p>\n

Morning has broken, like the first morning
\nBlackbird has spoken, like the first bird
\nPraise for the singing, praise for the morning
\nPraise for the springing fresh from the word<\/p>\n

Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
\nLike the first dewfall, on the first grass
\nPraise for the sweetness of the wet garden
\nSprung in completeness where his feet pass<\/p>\n

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
\nBorn of the one light, Eden saw play
\nPraise with elation, praise every morning
\nGod’s recreation of the new day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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