Threes of Trees
Photography is always a learning skill. There's always room to get better and building upon your past experiences is essential to be able to create the photo that we have in our minds. Personally, I've always found it helpful to have multiple chances to visit a scene. There's always something better about having an idea of what the scene looks like, how the light moves through it, how the compositions fit together, that make the second, third, fourth time more successful. When photographing trees, for example, I've learned to look for scenes in which the trees have 2 things: first, separation between each trunk and the next, and second, separation from the foreground elements from the background elements (in this case: tree's in front of other trees)
Carolyn, Willie and I had visited this lake on our first night but we rushed as we tried to catch the last glimpse of the sun hitting the trees. We had not expected the sun to dip down so early (it was still an hour before sunset). We came home with a number of great photos.
I saw this group of trees on my first visit but didn't quite capture it how my eye was seeing it. Fortunately by the time we went back a second time, I had gotten a better feel for how to setup the photo, what to look for, and was able to stay stress-free and find the composition I wanted to capture.
Nikon D800 w/Sigma 150-600mm:
260mm, f/13, 0.6 sec, ISO 100
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