Mike Powell

I trudged the trails at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge yesterday for quite some time—my iPhone indicates that I walked 12,213 steps. The weather was cool and there was partial sunshine, so it was quite pleasant. I was able to take a lot of photos, but have not had a chance to sort through them yet to see how they came out. I might have gotten decent shots of a pair of eagles and maybe of two chattering kingfishers.

Today, though, I am in a reflective, somewhat mood, so rather than post a wildlife photo, I decided to post a landscape (or may more accurately it is a seascape) photo that I captured late in the afternoon, when the skies clouded over. It was still well before sunset, but there was a little color in the sky. I love the texture of the clouds and the reflections of the light in the water and the images does a pretty good job in capturing the mood of the moment.

As most of you know, I do not take landscape photos very often, but I am trying more and more to shoot a variety of shots that reflect not only what is going on in front of the lens, but also what is going on around me and in my head.

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