Today is the last day of 2019. We are happy to say good-bye to this crazy year. We're hoping for a much better 2020. Roger and I wish you all a Happy New Year.
Afterwards
4 hours ago
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Did It Look Like This Or Not?
I looked out the window at 8:30 in the morning and saw rays of the low winter
sun pouring through the leaves, branches and fence out there. So I ran
out with the camera and clicked a dozen photos. When I downloaded them, I
tried to figure out which one actually captured what it looked like.
After
nearly an inch of rain on Sunday, the sunlight caught every bit of
wetness out there and shined it out like moments of magic. And then it was gone.
The top photo is a screenshot of the downloaded
photos from my camera, unedited. I tried editing a few photos to see if I
could make it look like what I think my eyes saw. I chose this one. Is this what it
looked like? Yes. Or did it look different? Yes. Can we ever really
capture the moment with its color and light? Maybe. Maybe not. It's fun to keep trying.
Today is the last day of 2019. We are happy to say good-bye to this crazy year. We're hoping for a much better 2020. Roger and I wish you all a Happy New Year.
Today is the last day of 2019. We are happy to say good-bye to this crazy year. We're hoping for a much better 2020. Roger and I wish you all a Happy New Year.
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There's always a discrepancy between what we capture with a camera and what we actually see. The limits of technology, I suppose. I love the photo, though, and it's interesting to see all the variety in the shots from your camera. That's like the contact sheets the film photographers used to print to get a thumbnail picture of each frame and decide which ones to use.
ReplyDeleteOh, and happy new year to you and Roger too! :)
DeleteSteve-- It's always a bit of a challenge for me to pick the one that most looks like what I think I saw. Happy New Year to you and Dave!
DeleteSun is low here as well and at the moment very overcast. Happy New Year
ReplyDeleteBilly-- We're waiting for the return of the sun. Happy New Year!
DeleteHappy new year to you both.
ReplyDeleteSabine-- Happy New Year to you and your family!
DeleteHappy New Year! I have good feelings about 2020.
ReplyDeleteColette-- I'm hoping for a good year. Happy New Year!
DeleteHappy New Year to you and your family. Yes, sometimes we get a surprise with our photos. sometimes good and sometimes bad.
ReplyDeleteRed-- I like seeing what the camera shows me and comparing it with what I think I saw. Happy New Year to you and your family.
DeleteI have NEVER been able to capture what I see. I always feel other people do it better than I do. Good idea to take several pictures of the same subject looking for that eye image.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year robin and roger.
Patti-- It's always so tricky, the difference between the photos and our memories of the moment. Happy New Year to you!
DeleteThe one you chose is beautiful and lifts my spirits on this last day of 2019. It's been very windy and rainy here all day but warm enough that my bedroom window is wide open.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! 2020 arrived in Samoa and Christmas Island/Kiribati at 2 a.m. today.
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am-- I'm so glad the photo lifted your spirits. The beautiful rays of sunlight can really do that. We celebrate New Year's Eve on east coast time. When that ball drops in Times Square, 2020 will have begun for us. I like knowing that it's already arrived in places far away, and yet on the same planet, our beautiful earth. Happy New Year!
DeleteAgain, the picture you have chosen is sensational. Happy New Year to you and Roger.
ReplyDeleteCatalyst-- Thank you so much for your kind words. Happy New Year to you and SWMBO.
DeleteHave Enjoyed Your Postings The Past Few Months - Looking Forward To Following Along In 2020
ReplyDeleteHappy New Years Eve
Cheers
The Padre-- Thank you so much for your kind words. Happy New Year to you. Hope there's plenty of high mountain hiking for you this year!
DeleteI don't think we can ever capture what we actually see. I wish I could have been alongside Ansel Adams as he took his photos. As magnificent as they are, I often wonder how much better his view was in real time. Happy New Year to you and Roger. I can't believe it's 2020. Here's to hoping for change and sanity.
ReplyDeleteSharon-- What a lovely, inspiring wish to be alongside Ansel Adams while he was photographing. I truly love that. Happy New Year to you too. Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. Yes, to hoping for change and sanity. Yes.
DeleteLike you, Robin, I am always amazed when I see the photo I took and it's sometimes differs from what I thought I saw. Sending our best wishes to you and Roger for a 2020 of wonderful things because not to hope for these things would be just sad.
ReplyDeleteBeatrice-- I know nothing about photography. I do point and click, but I do like editing photos to try and recreate what I think I saw. Yes, let's hope for good things in 2020. We do need it.
DeleteHappy Second Day of the year, month and decade! If I'm not mistaken, Ansel Adams did a bit of dark room editing or was extremely good with those huge plates to get such detail. At any rate, you and your camera are sharing the intention of the beauty, and that's satisfactory for me.
ReplyDeleteBarbara-- I love your greeting. Thank you for that. I don't know why it didn't occur to me that Ansel Adams did dark room editing. Of course he did. It's what we all do.
DeleteI am often surprised by a photograph I took when it seems so different from what I thought I saw. Your photos of the sun shining through the rain are all gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and Roger. Like you, I'm ready to kiss 2019 goodbye and good riddance.
NCmountainwoman-- It all makes me wonder if any of us even see the same things with our own eyes in the same moment. We perceive light and color so differently. What a crazy thing to consider. We're so hoping for a good 2020. Happy New Year to you too.
DeleteDigital photography enables us to do many things, huh. All the best for 2020. I hope it will be a great year for you.
ReplyDeleteDavid-- It really does enable us to work with photos and edit to help us convey what we think we saw. Same good new year wishes to you. Thank you for stopping by.
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