PHOTOGRAPH INFO
This photograph was taken last Sunday at Merrill Creek Reservoir in Washington, New Jersey, about 40 minutes from Durham Township. Merrill Creek is a 650-acre reservoir surrounded by 2300 acres of woods and fields. About 10% of that acreage is an "environmental preserve."
It's a great place to see wildlife, especially birds. This part of the reservoir has a large stand of dead trees (which seem to light up in the late day sun) where I saw two resting Bald Eagles.
"Waxing Gibbous" is a lunar phase. A moon that is "waxing" is moving closer to being full and the word "gibbous" means "swollen." When the moon is in this phase, it rises in the afternoon and usually goes unnoticed until around sunset. It sets just before sunrise.
Camera settings and post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D
Thank you for visiting Durham Township!
--Kathleen
I really enjoy this shot. In particular, the asymmetrical treeline really grabs my eye. Great light, great composition. A waning gibbous would have been nice too ;)
Posted by Joe on March 20, 2008 1:48 AMLovely sky!
Posted by Tero on March 20, 2008 1:58 AMNice soft light on the trees. I also like the way the clouds appear to being sucked into the focal point of the picture.
Posted by Gordon on March 20, 2008 2:42 AMWielkie dzięki. Piękne niego.
Very nice! Thank...
Very nice photo, Kathleen. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by Kathy on March 20, 2008 3:11 AMWonderful colors!
Posted by rady on March 20, 2008 5:01 AMBeautiful scene! Love the vibrant colours and lighting Kathleen.
Posted by Craig Wilson on March 20, 2008 7:47 AMJust lovely. I like how the clouds, water and land all come to one point. Gorgeous colors and light.
Posted by Anita Bower on March 20, 2008 7:57 AMWonderful shot.
Posted by hwalk on March 20, 2008 11:43 AMThe great outdoors.... No boats, no cars, no planes, no roads, no houses, no phone wires, no trash. I'd move there except I'd spoil it.
Not how I normally picture New Jersey.
What a composition! I like it very much, and the clouds .. very good shot !
Posted by atzu on March 20, 2008 2:49 PMwonderful !!
Posted by Xavier Rey on March 20, 2008 7:13 PMI really like the clouds in this shot. Feel free to share this on my photography forum -- my members would love to see this and it would be some great exposure for your photography as well.
Posted by Photo Forum on March 21, 2008 10:39 AMA perfect composition. The incremental value gradation in the right tree line is awesome as it curves into the distance, like scribe marks on a steel rule, "from tree to shining tree," like in that song. The left side is balance by the "polish family goes wading." (Larsonesque?)
It is as if Mrs. Gibbous waxed the moon, fluffed up and arranged the clouds a bit, then got down off her stool, polished the trees and smoothed the waters.
Thanks to Kathleen and Mrs. Gibbous for doing their jobs so wonderfully well.
Posted by David Tinnon on March 21, 2008 11:42 AMI've been coming to this site for awhile now, and I just had to let you know how much I enjoy it every single day I stop by.
Your photographs are beautiful...you really know how to find the beauty in our sometimes seemingly ordinary world...something that everyone should do to live a truly happy life.
Thank you for sharing your amazing gift.
Posted by Abbey on March 22, 2008 6:01 PMWhy not update so many days? I can not wait so long time to see your new photos.
Posted by Bob on March 24, 2008 10:09 PMI can happily enjoy this image indefinitely, but I'm starting to feel like a dad who's daughter was supposed to be home by 10:00 and its past 10:25.
Trying to scare a few hundred people here.....
need money for film? If you don't post something by the weekend, I'm considering going to church.
Group praises we normally hear,
Now faint grumblings I think appear.
So give us our fix
Please post some new pics
And most will comment "three cheers!"
what is that white dot ?
Posted by foto on March 26, 2008 9:46 AMBeautiful! I like the way the clouds "fit" like a piece of puzzle into the curve of the landscape also leading the eye deep into the composition.
Merrill Creek was built and owned a consortium of 7 power utilities that partnered to build Merrill Creek in order to restore water to the Delaware River that is lost through evaporation in the cooling of 14 power plants was first proposed.
There was huge public outcry against the project in the 1980's by local municipal, civic, and church groups. Some protests even became violent.
It is a wonderful beautiful place to me and I wonder if those who protested it before view it differently now.
Posted by Laurie on March 26, 2008 10:41 AMAmazing picture.
lovely compo and tones.
Bravo
foto, the white dot is Mrs. Gibbous' wax moon.
Posted by David Tinnon on March 26, 2008 1:04 PMBeautiful composition choice.
Posted by nataJane on March 26, 2008 5:17 PMhello mom,
I really like this picture!
I remember when we were at the lake.
Great Sky, wonderful colors, amazing Image!
Posted by Stefan Thaler on March 28, 2008 4:53 AMWow, an imposing image.
Posted by LwS on March 29, 2008 9:10 PMTONS of drama in those skies above...perfect in-camera comp here kathleen
Posted by btezra on April 7, 2008 12:52 PMI've been offline for awhile since my hard drive crashed. I've really missed seeing your photoblog and am so glad to be back. Thank you so much for all your lovely images. Keep up the great work!
Gail
The crop and placement of the horizon is perfect. I love the lines pulling you into the V and the lighting on the trees!
Very well done!
Posted by Randy on January 4, 2009 10:46 AMyou regularly capture the most amazing skies.
Posted by c harden iii on January 16, 2009 11:13 PM