My friend Becky and I went to the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art today to see what there was to see and photograph. 
Flowers were still in bloom.
But it was clearly autumn.
As often happens, I found one area more satisfying than others. In this case it was a small pond.
If you’ve been following my posts, yes, that is another leaves in water shot.
Nothing like a nice curve once in awhile.
And back-lighting. Gotta have back-lighting.
Who knows that tomorrow will bring?
Friends Lee, Freddie and I went to Brown County State Park today. We are all retired, and given that some of the routes around Indianapolis were tied up with a one-day beautification project, we didn’t get started shooting until nearly 10:30. This is not the best time for landscape work but there was some nice reflection in Lake Ogle.
And there were leaves in the water. I can’t get over the surface tension in this image. It isn’t particularly noticeable before clicking the shutter.
I spent most of my time shooting little things (again).
But this time I have an excuse. The competition this month in the camera club is narrow depth of field. I like this one.
But I like this one better.
It was a good day all around.
It’s been cooler but now it has warmed up into Indian Summer. Great day to be out in the woods and down by the water.
I’m trying to turn over a new leaf and not spend so much effort shooting leaves in the water but it’s hard to break away, there are so many interesting opportunities.
But progress is being made.
Still shooting leaves but at least they are now on dry land. Very dry land. We’ve had little rain in the last couple of months.
I’m going down to Brown County with friends tomorrow. Maybe there will be opportunities other than leaves in the water. Maybe.
My friend Sally and I went to a nature preserve outside of Cicero, IN this morning. The sky was clear and it was rather windy. The wind was sporadic and in between gusts there were opportunities for photographing plant life.
I go with every intention to photograph landscapes but I keep coming back to the small things.
I think one reason for shooting small things is that there are so many of the them and they are often overlooked. Lots of opportunities there.
There were opportunities down by the creek as well.
There is something about these images that connote both motion and stillness, the ephemeral and the permanent.
These two images were shot a couple of minutes apart. I was not aware of how pronounced the effect of surface tension is until I started photographing leaves in water.
Perhaps I’ll get out again tomorrow.
Spirit and Seeing 