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Because it sounds so much better than "pond scum". From a series of photos of what I call Primordial Soup, all of them shot around the San Francisco Bay Area in tide pools, ponds, wetlands, and maybe even one or two from fountains.
Alviso, California.
The thick trees and brush opened up to marshlands, somewhere between Georgia and Tennessee. And it continues to rain.
Because it sounds so much better than "pond scum". From a series of photos of what I call Primordial Soup, all of them shot around the San Francisco Bay Area in tide pools, ponds, wetlands, and maybe even one or two from fountains.
Because it sounds so much better than pond scum. Alviso, California. From my Primordial Soup collection.
Because it sounds so much better than pond scum. Shooting the wetlands around the bay, I often find these shots of different types and colors of algae. Alviso, California.
From my Primordial Soup collection.
Shot just after the sun went down and before the valley turned dark. The steam was churning off of El Capitan all day long and was still going as fog started rising from the valley floor. The air seemed thick and full of movement. The day was over.
A long exposure looking out on the Irish Sea. There was very little colour in the scene to start with. I took this on my first day out after self-isolating with Covid.
Halloween excites me like no other holiday. It's one of those primordial feelings, deeply rooted in childhood memories. The utter excitement of celebrating fear and darkness. Of dark thoughts being brought out into the open, if just for one night. Now many years past my youth and the sheer joy of costume-wearing and trick-or-treating, I'm still caught up in these feelings. I watched in fascination yesterday afternoon as kids in costumes prowled the streets. Some quite imaginative, other less so. But all infused with that playful energy that I recall so vividly. Kids seem to have transitioned away from horrific monster sort of costumes of my day. But that's really doesn't matter; the festive, celebratory aspect remains intact. Laughter and bright colors filled the ever lengthening shadows, both of the landscape as well as my mind. Time has a way of dampening the mind, blotting out memories. But Halloween in this case brought them flowing back. Adults seem to rekindle their own memories watching children retrace their steps in life. As a kid the most terrifying thoughts were centered on scenes such as this creepy pumpkin head-scarecrow hybrid. I loved (and still do) the thought of something like this standing silent vigil out in some desolate location. Nothing abjectly terrifying about this puppet-like creation, yet the context of presentation is darkly disturbing. It's as if this tattered and grimy thing has been waiting for me all these years since childhood. In fact I'm certain it waits for me still.
Because it sounds so much better than pond scum. Alviso, California.
From my Primordial Soup collection.
Because it sounds so much better than "pond scum". From a series of photos of what I call Primordial Soup, all of them shot around the San Francisco Bay Area in tide pools, ponds, wetlands, and maybe even one or two from fountains.
Alviso, California.
These bacteria mats were pretty amazing to me. Primordial looking. This was taken at the Midway Geyser Basin with my camera resting on the boardwalk. These are bacterial mats that extend everywhere, surviving on the heat of the springs. So cool to see. I remain amazed at Yellowstone!
Because it sounds so much better than "pond scum". I love wandering the local wetlands getting shots of the stuff growing on and in the water. From my Primordial Soup collection.
We had yet another nice inversion a few days ago. I set my alarm for before work and drove around trying to find some suitable compositions. I ended up in a small forest which really nice. Still summer lush greens in late summer.⠀
Because it sounds so much better than "pond scum". I love wandering the local wetlands getting shots of the stuff growing on and in the water. From my Primordial Soup collection.
Blue Primordial - Mt Airy, Philadelphia, PA - USA (Sony a7 Mark II - Voigtlander 110mm F2.5 APO Macro + Atomos Shinobi External Monitor)
Because it sounds so much better than pond scum. Shooting the wetlands around the bay, I often find these shots of different types and colors of algae. From my Primordial Soup collection.
Early Sunday morning at Milford Sound.
I used a whole range of new stuff I've learned over the last few weeks including exposing for the tonal range of my image sensor with an amazing Sekonic L-758D meter, mirror lockup etc., and some Lightroom CC tricks.
Hope you like it.
Because it sounds so much better than "pond scum". From a series of photos of what I call Primordial Soup, all of them shot around the San Francisco Bay Area in tide pools, ponds, wetlands, and maybe even one or two from fountains.
Because it sounds so much better than pond scum. Shooting the wetlands around the bay, I often find these shots of different types and colors of algae. From my Primordial Soup collection.
Alviso, California.
This optical manipulation was captured by placing a mirror on its edge into the tide under the setting sunlight, parallel with the horizon; I tilted the mirror towards the surf to negate the view of the ocean and leaned over the top for the photograph, which was taken shortly before the water touched the glass.
With this angle of the reflection, there is an illusion of a sky when in fact, it is merely the oncoming surf and the abysmal landscape just a crack in the sands of Zuma Beach, CA.