reddyroc007
6th of August 2009 (Thu), 18:52
i work in recreation and have been hoping for a while to get a decent picture of the swimming pool at our centre. A couple weeks ago we had a storm with some pretty good lightning as well as a blistering red sunset against the blue evening sky. I grabbed my camera and ran outside before it was gone and managed to get some decent shots. I got a few lightning strikes as well but the storm had passed my way and the bolts were off in a distance.
I did however capture a great shot of the pool!:D While standing outside i was getting rained on along with my camera and some shots were ruined as i had rain drops on my lense. No matter, gave it a wipe down and moved under a tree... where i became evening supper for mosquitoes O_o. anyway the picture i took of the pool has now made it to the front cover of our fall recreation guide as you can see below. I had originally hoped to take a picture that i might blow up and have hung inside the building and i can still do that but it feels really neat to have my image on the front of something even if its only a community brochure, it my community!
ps - while standing under the tree trying to capture lightning and admiring the gorgeous sunset, i realized just how much fun i was having under that tree all alone (minus the mosquitoes). Thinking back on it makes me realize how lucky i am to be able to appreciate these marvelous scenes and to be able to capture them at the same time.
Hope you like...and thanks for the look.
brochure front page
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3793073713_6aff4d3c24_o.jpg
cropped original
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3760842158_13b9c65b9e_o.jpg
I did however capture a great shot of the pool!:D While standing outside i was getting rained on along with my camera and some shots were ruined as i had rain drops on my lense. No matter, gave it a wipe down and moved under a tree... where i became evening supper for mosquitoes O_o. anyway the picture i took of the pool has now made it to the front cover of our fall recreation guide as you can see below. I had originally hoped to take a picture that i might blow up and have hung inside the building and i can still do that but it feels really neat to have my image on the front of something even if its only a community brochure, it my community!
ps - while standing under the tree trying to capture lightning and admiring the gorgeous sunset, i realized just how much fun i was having under that tree all alone (minus the mosquitoes). Thinking back on it makes me realize how lucky i am to be able to appreciate these marvelous scenes and to be able to capture them at the same time.
Hope you like...and thanks for the look.
brochure front page
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3793073713_6aff4d3c24_o.jpg
cropped original
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3760842158_13b9c65b9e_o.jpg