Reflections at Isle du Bois

After getting set up at Isle de Bois State Park, it was time to wait for the sunset’s golden colors. There was still plenty to photograph. I’m one of those folks who takes a picture whenever the mood hits me, not just the two hours at either end of the day.

Ripples

~ by Derrick Birdsall on January 14, 2011.

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Tags: 7D, Canon, photography, reflections, Texas, water

12 Responses to “Reflections at Isle du Bois”

Wonderful texture. Love it.

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mnguyen811 said this on January 14, 2011 at 9:14 am | Reply
- thanks, and thanks for stopping by!
  
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  Derrick said this on January 14, 2011 at 11:50 am | Reply
Nice Derrick, very nice!

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Albert Capizzo said this on January 14, 2011 at 3:36 pm | Reply
- Thanks paisan!
  
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  derrick said this on January 14, 2011 at 4:55 pm | Reply
One of my favorite times of day at the beach is low tide because you really get to see all the ripples in the sand. I think it harkens back to when I was a child and would spend a few weeks every summer at the lake. My favorite time them were the quiet mornings when everything was waking up and the sun would glisten on the water, revealing the ripples in the sand in the shallows below. Sometimes, I’d spot a pumpkinseed fish tending to its nest. Was a glorious time.

Thanks for a lovely photo which made me think of those wonderful childhood mornings once again. I am smiling. 🙂

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milkayphoto said this on January 14, 2011 at 9:14 pm | Reply
- My work here is done! Thanks Tracy, I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😉
  
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  Derrick said this on January 14, 2011 at 10:28 pm | Reply
Well done, Derrick. The ripples’ wonderful lines leading to the tree stump really make this composition.

Sharon

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Sharon Van Lieu said this on January 15, 2011 at 10:07 am | Reply
- Many thanks Sharon. This was a lucky, off the cuff shot. I was shooting off my tripod left of this scene. Decided to slightly move to another location and happened to look just as the wind picked up a bit and made the ripples. Luckily, I had the camera in my hands as I didn’t want to dump the tripod/camera in the mud. Brought the 7D up, snapped the shot and in an instant, the wind died and the scene changed completely. 😉
  
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  Derrick said this on January 15, 2011 at 8:18 pm | Reply
Very nice Derrick. That’s quite a change of pace from your recent work in the dry country.

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pj said this on January 15, 2011 at 11:29 am | Reply
- Thanks, PJ! I just love playing with the reflections in still water; just harder to find that in Big Bend or Canyon country. 😉
  
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  Derrick said this on January 15, 2011 at 8:19 pm | Reply
It’s great that you do photograph at all times of the day. I like this one better than the sunset in the following post, which is also a fine photograph.

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David Leland Hyde said this on January 18, 2011 at 10:08 pm | Reply
- Thanks David – I do think there’s something to be said for the golden hour’s wonderful light – and there are millions of great photos out there proving it.
  
  But if that’s all you shoot, you’re missing out on some potentially great stuff the rest of the day. (and night!)
  
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  Derrick said this on January 18, 2011 at 10:15 pm | Reply