Connecting Flight - a photo on Flickriver

Connecting Flight

            So often when out with the camera, one thing seems to lead to another. On this summer evening, it was storm clouds coinciding with sunset that brought me to this place. High drama was playing out in the sky and I was intent on being there to witness it. So I arrived with preconceived notions of the shots I might compose and the camera angles involved. But the moment I arrived I was completely knocked off course by the warm sunlight bathing the adjacent meadows. My mindset had been capturing the high contrast and dramatic light and shadow of the sky. Yet here my attention was captured by the complete opposite, a low contrast scene filled with soft color hues. The effect was enhanced by the wispy quality of the tall grasses as they swayed in the wind. Sky drama momentarily forgotten, I became absorbed with the magic of this moment. I've found there is such a fleeting quality to scenes like this. All the elements required to create it exist only for the few moments in which one experiences it. The grass might still be here tomorrow, but the sky and the way the sunlight illuminates it will never be exactly the same. It may look the same, but it will not feel the same. And more importantly perhaps, I will not feel the same. Perhaps tomorrow I will drive right by here and not even notice it. If there's one thing I've learned about photography, it's that photos like this often have nothing to do with the camera. It's much more about me and being able to recognize, react, adapt, interpret, but most of all put myself into positions to see things like this in the first place. The camera becomes secondary in that sense because without all of those conditions, there's either nothing to shoot, or most of the feeling dissipates before the shutter is even pressed.

   

Taken on: June 18, 2020

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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/22.0, 1/30 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	+1/2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.1 (Macintosh)
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