Outdoor Photography – chasing mother nature

Outdoor Photography – chasing mother nature

Rumney Marsh photographed with an aerial drone (sUAS)

I first visited Rumney Marsh in the month of May.  Although I discovered some great photo compositions, the marsh was mostly brown.  Presuming that the grasses would fully transform the landscape into a greener palate, I vaguely planned to return some weeks later. Shown here below is my first image from the May visit:

Rumney Marsh in the month of May

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This year, spring in New England has featured more rain than normal. Dry days are a bit like currency – have to spend them judiciously.  Five or six weeks later I returned to the marsh on a dry day and found the green grasses covered the land, as expected. Unexpectedly, coastal clouds were lingering and the water reflected white sky (not blue sky).

Rumney Marsh (June) under cloudy skies

While that is a nice image, … I had imagined the water reflecting a blue sky. So, I returned later that same day after the clouds cleared away. That final image is shown at the top of this article.

In all three instances, the image required post-processing for HDR, particularly because the buildings on the horizon were too bright. So each of these three instances is a combination of multiple exposures, simply to control the dynamic range of light.