At My Window
I woke later than usual, that morning. What I saw took my breath away. It was a wide, brilliant band of bright orange-gold along the southern horizon. I left the window to wash the pixie dust out of my eyes. By the time I got back, the wide band had shrunk to the narrow, gold strip you see in the photos. I shouldn’t have dallied, knowing spectacles like that are always short-lived.
Yet, the photos I did get are of interest for the subtle, luminous colors they reveal. Later, I came back again to record the interplay of sun and clouds in the early morning sky.
The scene I first saw that morning was dramatic, certainly, although a bit pale. Taking some artistic license, I manually overrode the meter and reduced the light entering the camera. The result was to increase contrast and intensify color, thereby adding drama and interest to a scene that otherwise would have been a bit bland.
“Isn’t that cheating?” you may ask. Only if wearing glasses to read a book is cheating. I simply made more visible what was already there. As I’ve written before, I’m not a documentarian; I merely try to capture the beauty of nature as I see it.
The photos were taken on January 30, 2012. The time is noted under each.
See related post: December Dawn.
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