Pic-of-the-day, 9/19/11

(Written 9/19/11 by ChristopherK2 for the Nice MDers Over 35 blog)

This shot was taken at our local city park. The vast dynamic range of slides allowed me to keep the trees from turning into giant blobs of green, and the sun's reflections from turning into pure white streaks.

Another lesson I drew from this is to be prepared for a good scene even when you least expect it. In this case I was hauling my equipment just before sunrise from the parking lot (to the left of the scene) to a pretty rose bush (well behind the trees on the right, near that bridge) I had been meaning to photograph.

Luckily, I noticed the pretty scene to my left as I was walking by...