When I go out to do photography I sometimes go with an idea of an image that I want to try to make.  This particular evening I saw that the weather forecast was dicey so I figured I might have a chance of getting good clouds and light over downtown Cleveland.  Fortunately the light on downtown never materialized and because of that I was watching for other things to shoot.  As the sun was setting this tug motored out to meet two incoming freighters.  The water texture and the sun glinting off the hull make this image for me.

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Well after two days of snow and about 8 or so inches later, I figured I’d venture out and do some shooting.  I only had about an hour of light left after going to a great photography exhibition at the Brecksville Center for the Arts.  They are featuring 6 photographers from the Cleveland Photographic Society.

According to the National Park Service website the Everett Road Covered Bridge is a historical replica built in 1986 after high water during a spring storm lifted the original off its foundation in 1975.  This is also the only remaining covered bridge in summit county.

For this shot I used the polarizer to remove the reflections from the water in the opening in the ice and the ND filter to produce a long exposure to blur the water.  I also used a very low camera angle to make the foreground an important element in the image.  So far 2009 is off to a good start.

Here is a quick post from last Friday at the zoo.  The only really interesting thing about how this shot was taken is that persistence was used.  We visited the koala exhibit and couldn’t see the joey but decided to stop by on our way out and were rewarded for our trouble.

Today I had a productive day at the zoo.  I got some pretty good shots.  It was overcast so that made me do a lot of shooting at higher ISOs.   The cooler weather made for some very cooperative subjects.  I was fumbling a bit with the camera today. So I definitely need to get out and shoot more.  Photography, like everything else, you need to keep practicing to stay on your game.

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