Motif #1 on a Early Morning
20 Mar 13.  With a day that began bright and sunny, and concluded with gray skies and rain, I spent the afternoon working on images and listening to the songs of the Canadian troubadour, Gordon Lightfoot. I really like his music and often wonder, simply based on his recordings, if he hasn't had a somewhat less than happy life. Whatever the case, his music tended to influence a bit of what I created today, and the more melancholy of his songs were what provided for the image I'm sharing. You have seen similar shots taken from this location, but this time I endeavored to tease out every last bit of information contained in the original. I actually made several versions, each one stacked on top of the other, and then settled on this particular presentation.  It began as a 5 shot series from which I created the base HDR, then spent some effort teasing out the finer details as well as providing a little adjustment to the lighting balance. It suffers from a bit of the Dutch period influence in that I elected to work with (emphasize) the dark colors of the pallet. If you like that style of painting, you'll likely appreciate this one.  D300s; 18 - 200; Aperture Priority; ISO 200; 1/125 (middle of 5) @ f/ 5.6.
Morning light at Mono lake south tufa
Maroon Creek Wildflowers
Morning Rainstorm on the Prairie
Prairie Storm at Dawn
This Photograph was taken by Photographer Juami Joy Boyden at 8:36 AM, February 10th, 2012 In Clearwater, FL 
"Just another Florida Sunrise.” ~Juami Joy Boyden~
© 2013 Juami Joy Boyden. All rights reserved.
Morning light at Mono lake south tufa
Morning light at Mono lake south tufa
Morning light at Mono lake south tufa
See photo in original gallery.