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This is an image of a pond that I was a volunteer guide during the Austin Pond Society’s 2005 Pond Tour |
Lone Worm Ranch Sunrise
I was getting ready to go to work one morning and stepped outside my house on the Lone Worm Ranch. When I looked east towards the forest the sun was just peaking over the trees. This I had seen many times but what was above was a huge thunder cloud that had the most beautiful lighting. I took a picture but it hardly does justice to being able to stand and look east then gradually arch your back until you are looking straight up at beautiful clouds.
For me happy hour is about 1 to 2 hours before sunset when there is what photographers call golden light. This photo is in my opinion one of the best that I have taken. Aaron Johnson a friend that I have been sharing a hotel room with and working with on a farm near Boardman, Oregon. I had described taking a photo like this the night before to Aaron. Friday evening we were driving out to a tower 7 miles from shop on the farm. I was looking out the truck window watching the wheat when the composition that I had described appeared.
My interest is night photography was rekindled by a woman that I met on the Sift to Bikes Mystery Night Rides in Portland Oregon. Ayleen uses a film camera and takes pictures of the group when the mystery ride reaches its destination. I first started taking pictures at night with my long gone AE-1 when I had a paper route for the LA Times in the 1980s. I used ISO 64 slide film and took pictures during short breaks in the early morning.
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