Trees, Silver in Light
I had a couple hours free on a recent sunny winter morning. And because I only had a couple hours, I took my camera and once again went out to visit the Unami Creek - my favorite local wandering place. I picked a new spot to enter the creek area and started walking along the banks - enjoying the sun, the quiet, and the crisp still air. Just ahead, the creek rounded a bend and I stopped - I was fascinated by the tracery of the branches and how they caught the sunlight - looking silver rather than the normal color of branches. As I looked even closer, I was struck by how the trees appeared to be reaching out across the creek. And with the sun lighting up the grass, I knew it would be a strong photograph. It captured the feeling I had on that sunny winter morning on the creek perfectly well.
Favorites of 2016
I have seen this on many websItes so it is not an original idea by any stretch. But I thought it would be fun to choose my favorite 20 photographs from 2016 and put them in one place. Many of them you have already seen, but several haven't been shown before - including my absolute favorite sunset photo ever.
The photo at right was taken in the field behind my sister-in-law's home in October. I happened to have my small camera with me in the car - just in case. I was outside and saw this beautiful sunset forming but I resisted the urge to grab the camera - how many more sunset photos do I need? A few minutes later it became too much to resist and I grabbed the camera and ran into the field and spent 45 minutes photographing the sunset that evening. Glad I did. See my favorite images of 2016 here!