Reaching For The Clouds
Sometimes it happens... I really liked this image the second I made the exposure. But even today, I'm not sure exactly why I like it so much, I just do. We have a large framed print of it hanging in the upstairs hallway of our house. The photography magazine "Elements" contacted me after seeing this image posted in their online group and they are going to publish it in their next issue. And it received the most feedback of any image I posted in a photography forum online.
But not everyone likes it. A friend said it was nothing special. He had seen several others similar to this that I have made in the past and this one just didn't do anything for him. I won't name names... that wouldn't be right. Let's just say... he was my college roommate, lives in New Jersey, spends too much time with us, is terrible at Pickleball, and doesn't know anything about photography! :)
If I told you the location, you'd say "you went there and this is what you took photos of?" The location doesn't matter for this image. And it's not an exotic looking landscape from the canyons of Utah like the last image I shared. It's simple, and calming. It's the light and the gently rolling fence reaching up to the brooding clouds that makes this image interesting for me.
I have some more images to share in the coming months as I catch up working on them and selecting the best. I may share one more from my Utah trip in May, and I have several to share from a two week trip Marilyn and I took to England and Scotland. And then I have some interesting local images I might share.
Seems I'm making some new images again!