{"id":389,"date":"2012-04-28T03:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=389"},"modified":"2012-04-28T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T17:11:31","slug":"april-week-4-wet-and-windy-yet-exquisite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacy.awegallery.com\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"April Week 4 – Wet and Windy yet Exquisite"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Water and wind can be two of the most frustrating elements for a photographer yet at the same time they are two of the most creative tools in image making. \u00c2\u00a0I encountered both these elements this week at the same time.\u00c2\u00a0 Although resigned to be blown home by the coastal gales, colors and patterns kept presenting themselves to my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

Right now the wild Douglas Irises are peaking at Point Reyes in the pastures, along the roads and at the cliffsides. \u00c2\u00a0But they were hysterically dancing the zumba. (Zumba combines Latin and International music with a fun and effective workout system.)<\/p>\n

The fog was low and dripping which made every thing wet. This low fog makes neat little dew drops which are impossible to photograph using a flash.\u00c2\u00a0 (Even a diffused or fill flash get\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reflected in the water and droplets). \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0So what to do?<\/p>\n

I set a wide open aperture (2.8) on my macro lens. This captures a very shallow depth of field \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a few of centimeters at most.\u00c2\u00a0 I would rock back and forth with my subject until a small section of the image came into focus.\u00c2\u00a0 Try high speed continuous shooting to guarantee that one of the blowing petal edges ends up in your field of focus. \u00c2\u00a0In the end my imaging in the \u00c2\u00a0Iris and Butter Cup patch was about color.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No spray bottle can reproduce the kind of balls and diamond shape dew that fog leaves behind, especially on Lupine leaves. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0A coastal patch of ground lupine growing among ice plant at Duncans Landing just north of Bodega Bay was full of fresh fog-created jewels.\u00c2\u00a0 Here I wanted as many of the water drops and leaf edges to be in focus as possible.<\/p>\n

I like to saturate the colors so the foggy day and underexposing the image helped deepen the greens and blacken the shadowed background.\u00c2\u00a0 Just when the weather, again, seemed so uncooperative for wildflower photography its inclemency turned to creative possibilities.<\/p>\n

The commentary this week may be more for photographers but the images are for everyone \u00e2\u20ac\u201c enter their beauty and be blessed.<\/p>\n

Point Reyes National Seashore turns 5o this year, and it continues to be one of the Bay Area\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most popular and significant parks with its diverse ecosystems, beaches and wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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