And in true social media fashion, I’ll only be showing you the good ones and so I can pretend that 80% of my exposures weren’t garbage 🙂

#photos #art #massabesiclake #newhampshire #nature #morningfog

This was one of those mornings where things were changing fast enough that I didn’t have the luxury of spending much time lining up each frame. I was scanning my telephoto lens back and forth between five or so different scenes, hoping my eye and experience would be enough to yield some good results

If you need me, I'll be over here trying not to think about what I could have done with all that Wellbutrin money😅

I had been hoping for fog, but I legitimately showed up before sunrise and thought “crap, this actually might be too much fog” 😅

Forecasts for later this week are looking promising for these conditions in my area, which means the forecast for me sleeping until a reasonable hour later this week is looking bleak. 3/3

I’ve been scouting out locations lately in hopes of finding more conditions like this in the near-future. When the nights cool down it creates temperature differences between bodies of water and the ambient air above, leading to fleeting radiational fog that burns off shortly after sunrise. 2/3

Absolutely no idea what the scale is of what I’m looking at, and that makes me love it!

Fair point. My D750, lenses, and tripod have to come with me too!

Same, except probably my Orion Spaceprobe 130ST.

Shortly after, I reflected on how fortunate I was to get this photo while I stuffed my still sleepy face with caffeine and donuts.

Oddly enough, I never did get that sunrise shot that I was originally planning on.

As I shot, a street musician setting up nearby pointed out how rare it was to be able to have such an iconic spot all to myself without interruption.

Once I was satisfied with my shots, I packed up to leave as the first tourists of the day began making their way over to the statue. 5/

I found myself at Nancy Schön's iconic bronze statues honoring the 1941 children’s book Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky. I began capturing photos as the 5:30 a.m. sun peeked over the trees, spending about 15 minutes trying out every angle that caught my eye. 4/

Instead I wandered around the Public Garden, taking advantage of a usually crowded place that was mostly deserted at such an early hour. I quietly explored the iconic spots: the swan boats and the park bench made famous by a monologue from the late Robin Williams in the film Good Will Hunting. 3/

On the morning I took this photo, I woke up at 4 a.m. to capture sunrise over Boston Public Garden and the downtown skyline, only to realize once I arrived that I wouldn’t be getting the shot I had envisioned for that morning. 2/