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Soothing Skies

February 18, 2018 by Greg Molyneux

Sunset over Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh.

Soothing Skies — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

We are near on March and this marks only my third sunset photograph of 2018. I could chide myself for slacker ways, but I am taking it easier on myself these days. I am more willing to take things as they come—no need to force issues and ratchet up pressure were there should be none. Thanks to a cooperative sky and my willingness to step away from an A Link to the Past replay I made it to Dock Road in time for sunset action.

This evening was all about peace and calm. The marsh was sedate. The tide was out. The winds were still, and the air made clean and clear from crisp winter air. The visibility had that extra sharpness that doesn’t come to often. It felt like living in real life HD vision. The recipe made for ideal photo making.

The heavens brought the finishing touches to a restorative evening. A tack sharp crescent moon cut the sky casting a wry, cheshire smile. Later still Venus took to glowing bright and bold. The evening star lending companionship to the cycling moon waxing through its youth. May these reminders of our small part in a much broader universe never cease carving smiles on my face.

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14mm wide angle winter sunset photograph made at the Cedar Run Dock Road salt marsh. A gossamer of pastel clouds stretch across the sky, reflecting upon the still surface of the water. A window of brown marsh grass invites the viewer into the scene.
Golden hour in the snow; as seen from the New Jersey Pinelands' Pygmy Pine forest. Fresh tire tracks and stunted pitch pine trees are illuminated by sunlight and marked with snow in this landscape HDR photograph.
100mm macro photograph of one purple coneflower with its blossom forming a crown. Processed in a low key blue hued monochrome.
Withered Japanese maple leaf macro black and white photograph.
Wide angle landscape HDR photograph of wind swept clouds over still water at Stafford Forge

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