As they headed out on the Potomac River this past weekend, these fishermen looked like they had decorated their rods with little Christmas ornaments that glimmered in the early morning light as I watched them from the shore at historic Fort Washington Park in Maryland.
The buildings and gun emplacements at the fort are impressive, but more than anything else, I am irresistibly drawn to the little lighthouse there. Even though I was shooting with a long telephoto zoom lens, I tried several landscape-style compositions in an effort to capture a sense of the location.
The shoreline on the other side of the river was hazy and indistinct, almost like an impressionist painting, but it proved to be tough to capture that feeling with my camera. This final shot gives you a sense of what I was going for—I think a tripod might help in the future with this kind of a shot.
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Really peaceful shots – like the first one of the lighthouses best as foreground not so dominant as second??? Follow me on Dianaed14 – think this will get there. I had used up all space on my 13 site
Thanks for the feedback, Diana. I probably needed to have the lighthouse a bit more dominant in the frame too, but the way the shoreline went, many of my views were obstructed by trees and other vegetation.
Great photos, Mike. I really like the second lighthouse shot. Greta composition!
Thanks, Dan. So you like the one with the bigger rocks in the foreground? I can’t decided which of the two images of the lighthouse I like more. I had some shots of just the lighthouse, but they didn’t do much for me–I like it better when I show more of the context and the surroundings.
For some reason, I like the fact that the top of the light house is above the tree line in the second one. It makes it stand out more (for me). They’re all great photos.
Really like the first shot of the lighthouse with its full reflection in the water. Very serene feel, Mike.
Thanks, Chris. I am not surprised that you like shots with water. 🙂 I am glad to hear that the images were able to convey the sense of tranquility that I was feeling when I captured them.