Bright, hot, hazy August summer afternoon -- What to shoot?

[Len Philpot]

How about a low lake in a wildlife refuge under "bad" light, then turn it almost into winter? At least that's the vibe I get now.

I'm not usually a fan of ultra-wide strip panoramas beyond the intrinsic fascination with detail. But it kinda seems to work here. This is "Little Lake", which I shot a couple of years ago when the water was even lower. That shot was in color, but still fairly graphical. Maybe this subject matter responds well to such treatment? It's far from a good B&W conversion as I'm not a "B&W guy", but I was trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear ... or was that, "pull a rabbit from a hat"?

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Looks better large on Flickr

 

[Len Philpot]

Looks better large on Flickr

It's actually the same file uploaded both places but apparently Flickr shows it larger than here. Nature of the beast with elongated aspect ratios I guess.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

I knew it was the same image.

Nice shot.

 

[Beth Anthony]

nice! how were the bugs? i can't get out of my jeep at my local refuge right now, the flies are the size of my hand and they bite. and not in a good way.

 

[Len Philpot]

nice! how were the bugs? i can't get out of my jeep at my local refuge right now, the flies are the size of my hand and they bite. and not in a good way.

Thanks!

During the day the mosquitoes weren't a problem (the heat and humidity were!) but I was shooting from a gravel road atop a levee so there was no foliage really close. I'm sure about twilight it gets really bad, given the low, still and often stagnant water.

 

[Pete Askew]

It certainly has a coolness of tine that makes one think more of winter. It works well as an 'ultra-wide' landscape though.

Clicked on here it seems to zoom to a similar scale as I can see on Flickr.

 

[Len Philpot]

It certainly has a coolness of tine that makes one think more of winter. It works well as an 'ultra-wide' landscape though.

Clicked on here it seems to zoom to a similar scale as I can see on Flickr.

Yeah, I upload the same file to both places.

Thanks!