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| Beaver pond in Moose River Plains Wild Forest during a November 28, 1999 snow squall |
October 11,2000- "The light was too harsh for photographs."
Obviously my memory failed me when I wrote my journal entry for the day. I shot four images looking across the beaver pond, the far hillside ablaze with peak autumn colors and the surface of the pond without a ripple, reflecting the hillside
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| The beaver pond on a glorious autumn day |
October 7, 2001- Approaching the large beaver pond east of Squaw Lake we could see there were images here waiting to be captured. Pulled into the parking turnout, then walked over to the pond for a better look. Mary went back to the Trooper to retrieve her camera while I debated whether or not to get out the 4x5 camera. Big snow plops were dropping off of the trees. Finally I decided I would be far too distracted to do a good job with the big camera.
Eventually I got out my Minolta 7xi body, added the 28-80mm lens, mounted it on my tripod and returned to the pond.Composed two different images looking across the pond. These images contained lots of color, lots of snow and the pond. I had to wait about 15 minutes for the light I wanted before tripping the shutter.
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| Looking across the beaver pond after a snow squall |
Mary had finished photographing by now. She and our golden retriever, Sairy, went for a walk up the road. Sairy seems quite spry today.
I changed my composition to look across the pond, parallel to the dam, towards a stand of spruce trees. This was about ninety degrees to the left of my first images.When I got the image framed snow began falling and the sky darkened. My shutter speed dropped to 1/15 second. I reasoned the snowflakes would show as streaks, adding to the mood of the image. We'll see. The intensity of the falling snow increased after taking a few images, so I shot a second set.
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| By the time I was picking up it was really coming down! |
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You can view more Adirondack Beaver Pond images on my website
www.bunchlewisphotography.com
More beaver pond journal entries from the past and photos will be on upcoming posts.
Thanks for visiting my journal,
Bunch
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