An outing with the North Georgia Photography Club and the Cobb Photographic Society in mid-September to Gibbs Gardens. I went with no expectations, but I hoped to find waterlilies and good stuff in the Japanese Garden. The Japanese Garden is not yet in fall colors, so it was difficult to find compositions among all the shades and shapes of green. The waterlilies were their usual good selves. I also walked up to the Manor House, and I found an interesting angle there. Lastly, as always, I stopped to see what the gazebo looked like. The pond was full of weeds, so I got down low to screen that with the flowers along th edge of the pond.
I was up early for several mornings, and I went to West Bank Park to both watch the sunrise and to walk a few miles. Not al the sunrise were great, but I was able to find interesting images as the sun came through the trees.
Sunrises on the firstdays of the month was pretty good, but the second was spectacular. The first two images are from the first; the others are from the second
More sunrise walks at West Bank Park. Some days are better than others for sunrise photo ops.
I was up regularly for sunrise because the weather was so hot that early morning was the only time I could walk without sweating too much. So I have many sunrise images. I also drove to Dick’s Creek one morning to shoot that waterfall just to do something different. The waterfall images are first; the sunrises are second.
And the collection of images from various sunrises.
I was in the habit of rising early to walk before the heat got unbearable. So I was at West Bank Park several times when the sunrise and lighting was very interesting.
First is August 9. I had good light and the waterfowl co-operated nicely.
Then I started a streak of several days in a row. On August 12, the fog was settled in, and I got no good images. On August 13 however, things were much better. While not all that colorful, the light was interesting and I got better images on my walk after sunrise.
On August 14 the light was better, and I got a nice sunburst image to end my walk.
Lastly, on August 15, the light was brief but spectacular. The intense color lasted about 10 minutes, no longer. And the sun in the clouds on my walk as fun too.
Lastly is August 17. Interesting and difficult to shoot. I had difficulty finding compositions and difficulty getting the exposure right. But the geese cooperated.
Another morning, another sunrise, another venture to West Bank Park to take pictures.
More sunrises. I went to West Bank Park several mornings in a row since the sky was right each day. Streaks like that do not happen often.
Two trips to Lake Lanier in the first week of the month. The first was for sunrise; the second was mid-morning after a rain shower went by.
Three outings in this one. First are a couple images from a hike around Lake Zwerner outside Dahlonega, GA with the Sonny Day Hikers. One is as the scene appeared; the other is my impressionistic treatment. Both are the same shot.
Second is a few from a sunrise at West Bank Park when the light was wicked good, and I even had a goose fly by so I could photograph him.
The last two are from another morning when the light was not so good. The ducks were the subject that helped out this time.