We saw pictures of a beautifully frozen Bald River Falls the other day and figured we might drive over on Saturday to get our own pictures. The thermometer was showing 5 degrees in the early morning and we talked ourselves out of that, but we…
Author: Douglas Wielfaert
Snatches from Billy Joel’s song “The Piano Man” came to mind as we fell in line behind the other cars queueing up at the Cades Cove Loop Road gate. The “crowd shuffling in” song lyrics didn’t fit the happy story of our day, but Billy Joel…
Again I reflect on our winter trip to Italy. The latitude in Tuscany roughly equivalent to Milwaukee but the Mediterranean climate brought signs of early spring to the February landscape. We were fortunate to start with a stretch of sunny cool days, but as our…
I found the poem below to be a perfect description of our evening this past Tuesday. After supper, we left our cottage and decided to follow our noses to find some pictures. In this windy place, clear and calm evenings are somewhat rare. This view…
Before starting work, we decided to head to Stanhope for sunrise pictures. Glad that the sun didn’t cooperate because we turned our attention to the blue herons who were feeding in the bay. We managed to fill more than one memory card. Marcy was stationed…
I consider sunrise photography to be difficult. I have never had much luck, but maybe I can at least get better. There was a lot to learn this morning (Saturday, Sept 9) at Covehead. – my pictures suffered noise, focus and composition problems. I didn’t…
