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Catch the Rainbow

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Delta Lake State Park

The past few days have not been photo friendly, or rather, not motivational enough for me to get off my butt after work. I was determined to change that this evening. With an hour left before sunset I headed up to Delta Lake.

I walked to a good location and noticed there was a faint rainbow in the sky.

Score!

At first I only noticed the left half of the rainbow and was composing a few images to include the rainbow and the sun. But then I noticed both ends of the rainbow were visible.

Time to break a few “photography rules”…

Catch the Rainbow
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/60s, 34mm, f/11, ISO 100

Colors of the Harbor

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Bellamy Harbor Park, Rome, NY

Thursday evening was good time to explore Bellamy Harbor Park. Well, I suppose explore isn’t the correct term considering how many times I go to the park with the camera. I know all the good spots for images. It depends on the lighting conditions and what I’m in the mood to capture. Maybe I should say explore the light at the park.

Anyway, enough of that short ramble…

There were clouds approaching from the East and I was anticipating a little drama in the sky for the sunset. When you include the orange glow from the sun conditions were ripe for a few good images. The wonderful result of the clouds is varying colors depending on looking West or East…

Bridge Alight
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/100s, 31mm, f/8, ISO 100

Orange Glow
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/80s, 34mm, f/11, ISO 100

Tower Light
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/8s, 53mm, f/11, ISO 100

Pier Into The Storm

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Riverside Park Pier, Indialantic, FL

Pier Into The Storm
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/160s, 14mm, f/11, ISO 200

Floating

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Delta Lake State Park

The rain paused late in the afternoon allowing me to get out with the camera for the sunset. The haze from the wildfires is still apparent in the photos but not of the degree to obscure the view. Of course, there were still plenty of clouds in the sky. The sun decided to jump behind those clouds as I arrived at Delta Lake. It was OK, I had a good time exploring. I really liked colors reflected in the clouds and water…

Floating
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S, 1/10s, 70mm, f/11, ISO 100

Wildfire Haze

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Delta Lake State Park

A couple alerts this week saw Delta Lake empty for the sunrise. In addition to the air quality alerts from the Canadian wildfires there is an algae bloom on the lake. I had the beach area to myself for the sunset Thursday evening. The bloom might be on the downside as I didn’t see too much evidence of it but the haze in the sunset is definitely from the wildfires. The constant smell of a campfire is starting to wear thin as well…

Wildfire Haze
Nikon Z6 II, NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4, 1/60s, 70mm, f/11, ISO 100

Emblaze

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Indialantic, Florida

One of the best parts of staying in the Melbourne/Palm Bay area of Florida is the duality presented by the barrier island along the mid-Florida east coast. If I want a sunrise I can find it looking out into the Atlantic Ocean but if it is a sunset I crave then I can find it looking out into the Indian River Lagoon. The town of Indialantic is such a spot (hence the name, a blend of Indian River Lagoon and Atlantic Ocean).

This is an abandoned dock and boat lift near Riverside Park. I couldn’t resist the framing provided by the clouds and sun rays. Not long after this image was captured it rained briefly in Melbourne but then quickly moved on. Don’t worry, I didn’t wet… 🙂

Emblaze
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/125s, 34mm, f/11, ISO 100

A Florida Sunset

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Melbourne Beach, Florida

A Florida Sunset
Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.5s, 30mm, f/11, ISO 200