Week Three

I visited the park 6 days in week 3, but managed to take pictures only two days.  We're still in the no snow doldrums here, which makes for pretty uninteresting scenery, and so I thought I'd experiment with a few black and white shots this week.

Leaving the house on Thursday for the dog's early morning walk, the moon was amazing - it almost looked like a lunar eclipse.  Its crescent shape was pronounced, but its whole shape was still visible, and it was surrounded by wispy, mysterious clouds.  I decided to try to go for a few pictures, even though I don't know at all what I'm doing for night shots, much less moon shots.  I don't even own a tripod.  Today, I looked up some Internet advice on how to take pictures of the moon, and this picture was essentially their example of what "not" to do.  The moon is too bright, and the surroundings too dark.  I was undone by my lack of tripod, and was shooting the moon at the wrong time of day.  Essentially, your best shot at a good moon picture is when the moon is still rising - apparently, there is enough light in the sky to illuminate the moon's surroundings, and won't give you so much glaring contrast.  Oh, well.  This blog's all about learning, anyhow.  Maybe by the end of the year, I'll get another shot at a good moon picture.

Week Two

I managed to make it to the park all seven days this week, but it's still too dark on our morning walks for pictures.  Hopefully in a few weeks I'll start getting those great sunrise pictures I've been envisioning, but for now, I'm stuck to shots from our long weekend walks.  After the scenic snow of last weekend, it was back to the mid-winter brown.  At least the light was nice.  I'm chalking this week up to practice and hoping for more interesting shots in the coming weeks.

Gratuitous Bogey shot.

 

Week One

Week one of the 52 Week Park Project found me a tad under the weather, and thus, only visiting the park three times.  Colorado has been having a dry winter, and the park was looking a little underwhelming during its debut picture taking session on January 2.

Looking a little brown.

I was worried that my little blog was off to a rather inauspicious start.  But then, on Saturday, a  little front moved through town and dumped a couple of inches on the park.  On the last day I could get pictures for week one, I was blessed with the type of day that made me want to start this blog in the first place; a day when the whole park is covered in an untouched layer of snow and the sun is shining.

 

That's more like it.

Not sure Bogey was enjoying the snow as much as I was.  He had to wear his coat.

  And my first weekly favorite:

Week one, in the books.  I told Mike that even if I fail to continue this little experiment for a full 52 weeks, I'm glad I managed to drag out the camera today and get these shots.