It was still raining early this morning when I ventured out into my suburban Virginia neighborhood to see what havoc Hurricane Sandy had wreaked upon us. One big tree had fallen onto several cars, but beyond that we had escaped virtually unscathed.
Run-off water was coursing rapidly down the little stream that runs through the neighborhood as part of the drainage system. I decided to attempt to take some shots of the moving water, inspired by some awesome images that I have seen recently in other blogs. There was a railing overlooking the stream and I placed my camera on it and used the self-timer, which permitted me to take some relatively long exposures.
Here are a few of the images that I produced. I still have a lot to learn about taking these kinds of shots, but I like some aspects of these initial efforts.
Suburban Virginia stream after Hurricane Sandy
Post-hurricane run-off in suburban Virginia
Runnymeade stream
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The color is beautiful; you must have had a little sun shining through. Glad to hear you didn’t get inundated with flood water.
Thanks, Sue. We were pretty fortunate with the storm. There was, in fact, a bit of light (though not much sun). Initially I was shooting at ISO 800 and still needed a 1/2 sec exposure at f13 and f16. I added a third photo this afternoon that I took at ISO 100, f22, with a -1 compensation, and an exposure of 1 sec (trying to get more depth of field and an even smoother water).