Delta Lake Dam

Looking through my Lightroom catalog it has been about ten weeks since I picked up my camera. The last few images I captured even feel ‘meh’ to me. I wish I had a better understanding about what happened or switched inside me but I don’t. I wasn’t feeling the photography and turned to other hobbies. It is time to be OK with that…

I received an email through the contact form on this blog from a blogging friend. Someone who has been away from photography for a while and is getting back into it. Asking a few questions about posting images and looking for a little help with WordPress.

The opening statement in the email about me not posting in a while and hoping everything is all right struck at me. I get lazy. I forget how much my online friends contribute to me and how much I can give back. I’m a bit of a loner by nature and I don’t put in the effort I should. It is a two-way street but I usually drive it as a one-way…

I want to be better.

Today might not be the day to pick-up the camera as it is currently raining. We are expecting a little snow (if I am to believe the forecast) and I’m wishing we get a nice white coat for the landscape. I want to explore and grab a some images. Until then, I went back ten years to December 2013 and re-processed this image at the Delta Lake dam. The original can be viewed here. I modified the crop from 16×9 to 5×7. I also chose to go with a faded blue look which I feel conveys the cold a little better on this overcast day.

Oh, I almost forget to say thank you to Karma for sending that email… I’m looking forward to seeing what you will be creating.

Midday, Sculpture Park

Delta Lake State Park

Yesterday was the second photo walk with the group from work. I know! What a day to do the walk. Up here in Central NY it was 91 degrees and humid. To add to our pain, we chose to go to Delta Lake State Park which was defended quite well from intruders by mosquito squads. Needless to say, the walk was not as long as the first one.

Again, I was focused on communication, or maybe it is more correct to say, I didn’t stop talking long enough to capture images during the walk. I did stop at the entrance to capture a few images of the late afternoon light on the trees around the pond. I spoke about this location on the walk and it didn’t disappoint as I was leaving the park.