lgoodwin

Part of a series of moving water studies from the Great Falls (MD)

overlook during high water.

Taken at twilight from the Olmstead Island overlook when the river was

near flood stage.

This is a close-up study from Great Falls on the Potomac River. I have been

trying to capture the feel of rushing water over the rocks. Comments?

This is the side of a train track maintenance car, taken in Vesuvius,

Va

Taken exactly as found. Comments?

Taken at the Saturday farmers' market at the Ferry Building in SF.

Comments, please?

Taken at a wildlife display in San Francisco

This is a B&W conversion of a digital capture. The color version is

on my site. Comments?

Digital color capture coverted to B&W with extreme channel mixing to

darken the sky and lighten the bridge piers. The original color shot

is on my site. Comments?

Herons usually blend in with the grey rocks at great falls; the

combination of sunlight on the bird and shadows on the rock made this

one stand out.

This heron was fishing in Catfish Hollow at Great Falls early one

morning. At Great Falls, the herons often blend in with the rocks,

but this one was in the sun, while the background was still in the

shade, so it really stands out. Comments?

Taken early one morning on the Potomac River south of Great Falls.

Comments please.

Early morning out on the Potomac River. Comments?

Taken at Lake Needwood in Maryland

I particularly liked the way the line of clouds is like a reflection

of the track of the river. Comments?

This was taken looking straight down off of one of the Olmstead

Island bridges at Great Falls, Maryland. This part of the falls is

only full during extremely high water. For views of this same

channel during normal water, look here:

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=568680

Taken late afternoon at the end of March during an extraordinary cold

snap. Comments please.

I arrived early on Monday to photograph the cherry blossoms, and

caught this shot waiting for the sun to rise.

I like the way the various lines (the road, the furrows, the clouds) draw your eye into different parts of the photo. Very effective.

Taken on the way to work last week. I was particularly trying to

capture the effect of the sunrise and clouds over the frozen Tidal

Basin.

These stairs are in a tiny park in Baltimore between the two halves

of St. Paul Street. I have driven by it hundreds of times; I

finally stopped the other day to take some photos. Comments?

I completely disagree with the last critique; having seen both photos, I think the B&W blows the doors off of the color version (and it's not just because i'm an old B&W film hack). The model is attractive and the composition interesting in both photos, but the B&W captures a range of tones that really brings out the curves and contours of the body. The color version isn't bad, but it doesn't have nearly the same level of interest. Nice job.

Taken one morning on the way to work. Comments?

This photo was taken around the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. The

cherry trees are a common photographic subject in the spring when the

flowers are in bloom, but the fall colors are just as photogenic.

I've seen this scene hundreds of times when the Cherry Blossoms are

in bloom; this is what it looks like in autumn.