Took a New Year's Day trip to Urbana, Illinois to visit my two college kids. On the way, I watched the constantly shifting clouds swirl and twist overhead (while keeping one eye on the road). At one point, I told my wife we had to pull over so I could get a shot of the sky. Since we were on a busy state highway, I waited until we came to a cross road and turned off to park.At the corner sat some debris - old tires, cable, bottles. I quickly framed a couple of shots and made several exposures for the sky and foreground and hopped back into the car. It was freezing cold and very windy - very miserable weather despite the sunshine.
Later in the warmth and comfort of home, I looked at what I had shot. One composition appealed to me so I combined two shots, one of the sky and one of the foreground into a single image. I played with shadow and highlight levels, color saturation and contrast until I arrived at the image you see above.
Order and disorder side by side on the first day of the new year.
Click on picture to enlarge. Photograph © 2009 James Jordan.
2 comments:
Happy New Year Jim. I'm glad to have come to your blog with lovely photos and text.
Looking forward to seeing Edna tomorrow.
Sue
Well James, you came up with a brilliant picture. I love the colors the textures and just the way it pulls me into the scene.
LOL:Wanda
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