2009_1217 Living Sky
It's time for some black and white. My recent uploads have been more about quality of light than a specific subject, and this applies equally to monochrome interpretations.
Here's a shot I made last month, on a brief trip to photograph sandhill cranes and other migratory birds. It was midday, and I reconnoitred with my accomplice, George, at a lookout tower (he videoed me ascending and said he got a good clip - always happy to help out). The sky was a riot of shadows and highlights. I used the Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens, levelled at the horizon line to minimize curvature, then cropped square during processing.
This is the northern part of Last Mountain Lake, where the 93 km long body of water fragments into marshy wetlands that provide ideal habitat for many bird species. The area includes North America's oldest bird sanctuary, established in 1887. But this image is about the sky and the prairie light. Sometimes that's all a person needs...
Photographed at Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2009_1217 Living Sky
It's time for some black and white. My recent uploads have been more about quality of light than a specific subject, and this applies equally to monochrome interpretations.
Here's a shot I made last month, on a brief trip to photograph sandhill cranes and other migratory birds. It was midday, and I reconnoitred with my accomplice, George, at a lookout tower (he videoed me ascending and said he got a good clip - always happy to help out). The sky was a riot of shadows and highlights. I used the Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens, levelled at the horizon line to minimize curvature, then cropped square during processing.
This is the northern part of Last Mountain Lake, where the 93 km long body of water fragments into marshy wetlands that provide ideal habitat for many bird species. The area includes North America's oldest bird sanctuary, established in 1887. But this image is about the sky and the prairie light. Sometimes that's all a person needs...
Photographed at Last Mountain Lake, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.