A little rain isn’t so bad.
Archives for June 2015
Sunday, June 14, 2015 (Day 165)
Serenity on a Sunday morning.
I’ve been waiting for the right time to photograph this ferry dock. Not only did I want the sky and the clouds to be just right, but I also wanted to avoid the regular daily hustle that happens here.
Something special happens when you take a scene that isn’t typically tranquil and show it in an uncharacteristically tranquil way. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is…perhaps it is our own expectations of seeing things in a certain way, and when something differs from those expectations we tend to value it differently than if it was something we already expected.
Therefore, a scene like this especially makes me want to exhale in a sigh of relief from the usual activity and stress that happens here every day.
Saturday, June 13, 2015 (Day 164)
Sunrise on the moon. The sky was changing so quickly this morning, and in so many directions, that it was difficult to keep up. Different colors lit up in different parts of the sky for brief moments. Fast moving cloud formations passed through while breaks in the clouds let through bright rays of light from the rising sun. Then this huge, dark cloud ominously rolled in, which you can see here. It was a strange morning indeed, and I felt this photo was strange enough to represent it.
Friday, June 12, 2015 (Day 163)
A cruise ship cruised past the hazy orange sunrise this morning.
I had already taken a few shots earlier, but when I saw this cruise ship approaching I knew I wanted to capture it. As the ship drew nearer the sun created a bright orange glow through the haze as it was starting to emerge above the city skyline. I waited for the right moment as everything came together perfectly.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 (Day 162)
Streaks of clouds seemed to emanate from the city skyline in both directions this morning. It was high tide, and the river was like glass. For a few brief moments, a cluster of faint pink clouds appeared just above the Empire State Building. This is not an actual panoramic but rather a wide angle photo from which I cropped the empty space at the top and bottom of the frame to place grater emphasis on the skyline and the streaks of clouds.