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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Bob_B on March 11, 2023, 08:33:08 am

Title: Winter By The Lake
Post by: Bob_B on March 11, 2023, 08:33:08 am

I think of winter as a solemn season. One for introspection and reflections. I like it, but I am also happy to move past and into springtime, just a few weeks away.

This photo was taken in 2019, a time when we still had snow in Maryland. (Alas, none so far this season.) Originally processed in color, I wanted to go back, rethink, and reprocess the photograph to bring out the emotions I felt and continue to feel about the scene and the time of the year.

I hope you enjoy my photograph. Please let me know your thoughts, and thank you for taking the time to view it.

Title: Re: Winter By The Lake
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 11, 2023, 09:37:30 am

Beautifully done.
It feels like essence of winter to me.

Title: Re: Winter By The Lake
Post by: RMW on March 11, 2023, 11:21:37 am

Masterful. And as a native son of Maryland, very evocative.

Title: Re: Winter By The Lake
Post by: Arlen on March 11, 2023, 11:40:37 am

Well done, Bob. Your processing strongly focuses attention on the areas where you wanted it.

Title: Re: Winter By The Lake
Post by: Bob_B on March 11, 2023, 04:07:33 pm

Eric, Richard and Arlen: Thanks!

Quote from: RMW on March 11, 2023, 11:21:37 am

Masterful. And as a native son of Maryland, very evocative.

That's one of the coves on Liberty Reservoir. Decent bass fishing and a nice place for wild birding.

Title: Re: Winter By The Lake
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on March 14, 2023, 04:22:10 am

Intriguing, makes me think what is the story of that cabin.

Title: Re: Winter By The Lake
Post by: Bob_B on March 14, 2023, 07:16:22 am

Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on March 14, 2023, 04:22:10 am

Intriguing, makes me think what is the story of that cabin.

Thanks, Paulo. That is an old boathouse used by the County to house a motorboat that it used to patrol the reservoir (lake). Their motorboat is long gone, replaced by a rowboat, and the structure hasn't been maintained for a long time.