A Sight to Behold 3.18.12

Many things can be said about the weather in the Pacific Northwest and many people (myself included at times) will lament about the woes of the ever present threat of rain and the overcast skies. When you see this, however, it just all makes sense. Without the bitter, this would not be near as sweet!

Taken from the ferry on the way back from Bremerton to Seattle, WA.

Settings: ISO 200, 18mm, ss1/500, f/7.1 (cloudy wb)

Intent: The leading lines of the ferry rail pointing to the intersection of the sunset sky and the stormy clouds (where the bitter and the sweet meet :o)

Processing: Basic settings in Lightroom adjusted with emphasis on the upping the colors through the vibrance, saturation and tone curve

"I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter." - Holly Near

   

Project 64: Bittersweet Calf 09.25.11

Bittersweet was the color this week at Project 64 and I really didn't have anything in mind when I went out to shoot today. As we were driving between where I live and a town called Enumclaw I saw a number of cows. The brown cows had some bittersweet tones. The weather today was a mixture of wind, downpours and sun breaks. When I first saw these cows it was raining so hard I couldn't get a picture. We came back an hour later and I was able to capture this calf. My goal with the photo was to showcase the bittersweet color. In post processing, I cropped the photo and ran Oh So Posh Action Desert Oasis and MZ Golden Backlight.

Settings: ISO 200, 250mm, ss1/100, f/7.1 (full manual)

"Moo may represent an idea, but only the cow knows." - Mason Cooley

Linking up with Project 64. Check out the other Bittersweet shots!