Tag Archives: landscape

Overwatch

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Cocoa Beach, FL

On Christmas Eve day I went back to Cocoa Beach for the sunrise. My hopes were high after my cloudy attempt last time I was in Florida. I arrived plenty early to grab some pre-dawn images around the Pier. Luckily that plan was very fruitful. As the day marched toward the sunrise the clouds covered more of the sky and dashed my hopes for the idyllic Florida beach sunrise.

The pier uses quite a few spot lights to illuminate the sand and surf. At first I thought the bright lights would ruin any image I tried to capture. There was still a lifeguard stand on the beach and I thought possibly it could be used to hide the obnoxious lights. Although I initially captured multiple exposures the slightly underexposed image turned out to be all I needed.

  

MLCreations Photography: Florida &emdash; Overwatch

Overwatch
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 13s, 23mm, f/8, ISO 800

Enjoying the Sunrise too

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Castaway Point Park, Palm Bay, FL

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Enjoying the Sunrise too

Enjoying the Sunrise too
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 8s, 40mm, f/16, ISO 200

Sunset Reflected Silhouette

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Melbourne, FL

Christmas in Florida is becoming quite the tradition for me. I love it! After a long drive from home we arrived in Palm Bay/Melbourne around 2:30pm on Thursday. I was able to sneak out for a sunset and thought it would be easiest to haunt my favorite places around the 192 Causeway. As I was looking for something different I found the sun setting behind a building on the Indian River shores in Melbourne. I loved the strong silhouette and reflection off the glass building to the right..

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Sunset Reflected Silhouette

Sunset Reflected Silhouette
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/160s, 40mm, f/16, ISO 200

In Like a Lion…

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Backyard

I realize the saying is usually attributed to the month of March but I am hoping that by using it for the first snow of winter it will apply to the whole season. Listening to the weather forecast for Sunday and Monday as I walked around on Saturday in 66 degree weather made me wonder what the heck is going on. Surely someone was trying to pull a HUGE practical joke. I guess Mother Nature managed a doozy…

As much as I was enjoying being snuggled under the blanket reading a good book I didn’t want to let the first snow go un-photographed. As soon as the wind died down and the light managed to find its way through the clouds I grabbed the camera and headed out into the backyard. The temperatures were warm enough for the snow to be the heavy, clingy snow that manages to hang on every surface. I wanted to capture that look. This series of images are from around the yard (I wanted some pics but was not brave enough to venture farther).

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; First Snow 1

First Snow – 1
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/40s, 15mm, f/16, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; First Snow 2

First Snow – 2
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/50s, 17mm, f/16, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; First Snow 3

First Snow – 3
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/50s, 26mm, f/16, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; First Snow 4

First Snow – 4
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/50s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 200