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Holding Back

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Monochrome Winter
Delta Lake Dam

I was asked yesterday about the titles of my images. I generally add a title that conveys a feeling or a thought about the image. Not always, but generally. For some images the title is in my head as I compose and before I activate the shutter. Others come to me as I am processing the image. Today’s image spooked me a little.

After I set the title in Lightroom and exported the image I was asked if I wanted to over-write the existing file. I searched through my blog posts and found the original image titled Holding Back from 2012. When I opened up the post I was surprised by the subject. I guess my mind is still working the same way eight years later.

I’m certain the meaning of the image eight years ago is different than the one I’m posting today. Today’s image sums up a nagging feeling I am a little settled. I’m not a fan of change, although, in the past few years I have experienced some big ones. There are a couple more I want to pursue, changes, that is but I haven’t focused on them yet… I know I’m holding back. I need to figure out why…

 

Holding Back
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/30s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200

Morning Cold

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Bellamy Harbor

I will admit, going out for the sunrise yesterday was a last minute decision. The temperature was only 2 degrees. I was not really excited to experience the cold. I was reading in my big comfy chair when the color of the sky caught my attention. Dang it!

I quickly threw on some warm clothes, switch out the macro lens for my go-to landscape lens and headed to Bellamy Harbor. I didn’t expect as much ice as there was. Normally the flow from the Mohawk River keeps the ice from forming so completely, but I guess at this low temperature it is hard to resist. I grabbed a few images from the water’s edge and then found some interesting views on the snow/ice covered foliage. Once my finger tips started to feel the cold, I knew it was time to get back to the warmth of the car. I quickly drove to the diner for some coffee and breakfast…

Morning Cold
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/20s, 19mm, f/11, ISO 200

Embrace Me

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The Little Things – TLT013
Midday, Macro

I can’t believe it has been two weeks since my last excursion with the camera. I wish I could say it was all due to the weather but I had a pile of images to process and I wasn’t too enthused to brave the dropping temperatures. But yesterday, was a beautiful afternoon. The temperatures in Syracuse around lunch time were inching up toward 50 degrees. I had been shut-in at work all week so when the opportunity arose, I grabbed the macro lens and went for a walk around the building. It was rejuvenating!

 

Embrace Me
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/2500s, f/2.8, ISO 200

and yet I remain…

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The Little Things – TLT011
Midday, Macro

 

and yet I remain…
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/200s, f/2.8, ISO 200

All I Can Give

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The Little Things – TLT010
Midday, Macro

 

All I Can Give
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/125s, f/2.8, ISO 200