Not sure what else you should call these splotches of sun through the forest cover, but dapples sounds good to me. Sort of reverse shadows. I liked them anyway.
Taken with my Nikon FM3a on Kodak Tri-X.
Sun Dapples
Sunlight on Last Year’s Ocean Spray
It’s still winter (we got snow on February 27th), but we are all looking forward to spring and the blooms of wild and domestic plants. (the snow smashed my crocus) But there’s still some reminders from last year’s summer blooms, like this remnant ocean spray that was catching some sunlight through a gap in the tree cover.
Soft Focus / High Contrast / Low Key
The top photo shows the Point Wilson Lighthouse and Admiralty Inlet into Puget Sound. The clouds are hiding Mt Baker in the Cascades. The lower photo shows the ramp that was used for moving a searchlight out to the edge of the bluff to watch for enemy ships (pre-WWI). Both were taken from Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend.
While these are taken with my Nikon FM3a on Tri-X film (and processed in a professional lab), I get scans back from the lab that I work on in Lightroom on my computer. I liked the treatment here of having large areas of solid black … and the interesting silhouettes.
Meadow Edge
This is a section of trail/maintenance road in Fort Worden State Park. It gets a lot of use, since it runs over to North Beach County Park … and the parking there does not require the State Park pass/fee.
Stairway
I liked the lines and textures on this abandoned artillery emplacement. I was using Tri-X film and my Nikon FM3a. I enjoy using the film camera … it slows me down and makes me think about the photos I’m taking. By the time I get done with the film and processing costs, it’s a dollar every time I push the shutter. Nothing like using the digital camera and thoughtlessly clicking away. I find that when I got back to one of my digital cameras, the habit of thoughtfulness carries over (for a while).