Natural Gradient

alwayslearning

alwayslearning

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Holding your thumb and forefinger at right angles to each other and pointing one at the sun, the other will be pointing towards the polarized portion of the sky on a sunny day. I wanted to capture a shot where part of the polarized and less polarized portion of sky was fairly equally divided. Being the sky, I wanted a bird in there. I like seagulls because they are mostly white and they don't flap their wings much so they make a good bird subject. Problem was, capturing one not only in the frame but in the frame/sky where I wanted it to be. After a LOT of shots, I wanted to just click and drag a bird where I wanted it but remembered it was real life, not photoshop. :)

Patience paid off though .... I got the bird and gradient in the sky that I wanted ...

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Larry
 
Ha....Did a lot of people passing by stop, look up and scratch their heads:) Nice to see patience pay out, good shot.
 
Heh ... I don't know if anyone looked. I was on my back on a picnic table at East Harbor State Park at Lake Erie looking through the view finder. I probably took at least 25-30 shots to get this. Probably doesn't look like much, but like I said, there was a specific portion of the sky I wanted the bird in. :)

Thanks,
Larry
 
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