Hi gang, Had a quick look at the new gallery this afternoon, and really enjoyed this month's postings -- as I always do! I confess I haven't been good about posting comments, but this month I will. Starting now!
"Thru the Windscreen" by Facit. My favorite this month, I think. Simply beautiful. What good luck to have the camera to eye, with shutter cocked, at just the right moment! "Another Scorcher" by Bob Poe. This resonates with me. The weather here in upstate NY was much the same this summer as what Bob describes for SC. There's a rusty old tractor (horse-drawn) sitting on the scorched lawn of what used to be a farm, down the road from me. I was thinking about shooting a roll of it for this month's theme, capturing the barbed wire fence, the rusty tractor, and the parched earth around it. Never got a chance. You did a nice job with this concept, Bob. By chance, did you happen to capture any views with the scorching afternoon sun in the same frame as this tractor? That would have been interesting as well. "I See the Light" by Ken Waller. I love the cold blues and the crashing waves. Ken writes, "I believe this photo captures some of the essence of a stormy fall day in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan." Ken, I believe you're absolutely right. Good shot! And those lightning shots by G. Fenstermacher, Simon King, Brendan MacRae, and Christian Skofteland are shots I enjoyed as well, particularly from a technical perspective. I think I now have a better appreciation for how difficult these shots can be. This year, the little bit of lightning we've had here in Rochester has generally been accompanied by dense, low-lying clouds -- not very good for photographing lightning bolts. I'd love to capture some images like these gentlemen have. Nice work! That's all the comments for now. Bill Peifer Rochester, NY
