Greg Molyneux Photography

New Jersey landscape and nature photography

Break the Cycle

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Rain clouds part just after sundown revealing deep blues, pinks, purples and reds in this wide angle HDR sunset photograph taken along the south marsh next to Great Bay Boulevard.

Break the Cycle — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

I’ll try to keep the whining to a minimum lest we call the wambulance. But man! It feels like forever since I’ve managed to catch up with some potent light come sundown. Between life, cloud-outs, a protracted winter and just a whole bunch of bad timing this has to be the longest photo drought in my three plus years of shooting. The last six weeks have been rough, man.

Fighting the temptation to nap it out I opted to roll the dice on the still cloudy skies and head south toward Great Bay Boulevard. This decision paid off in spades. I had parting clouds, low tide with dead calm water and plenty of pretty pastels. Everything was ideal. I was back in my element. Me, my camera and the sky.

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14mm wide angle photo made at sunset over the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh. Multilayered clouds fill the sky, backlit by pastel colored clouds as the autumn marsh loses its green color.
14mm wide angle photograph of a fiery sunset burning intense reds, yellows, and orange across the whole of the sky. All reflected by the calm mirror reflection of the Stafford Forge lake.
A minimalist high key macro of a Klondyke Sunny Red (cosmos sulphureus) flower that creates the look of a woman spinning a dress.
An HDR photograph taken over the front lake at the Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area. This photograph features a foreground of long yellow grasses and a large fallen branch with a stunning background sunset radiating through middle ground clouds. Atop the image, barren branches frame out the scene.
35mm sunset photo over the salt marsh using motion blur to render a brush stroke effect on the marsh and clouds.