I had a great Thanksgiving weekend. In addition to wonderful time with my family, I made about 1,200shutter actuations. Some were in bursts, and a good deal more were in brackets, so I do not have that same number os unique images to review and process, but there are a lot.
A good number of them came during the drives to and from my wife’s parents’ home in upstate central New York. I was able to do even more than expected because on the way home, my awesome wife offered to drive the entire trip so I could shoot both halves. Which led directly to this shot.
It always disappoints and still surprises me when I manage to mees up a perfectly simple static shot. I can stand in front of, say, a building, have all the time in the world, and screw up the focus, or take a bad angle, be as careful as I want to be, and for some reason I fail to notice my error until I look at the image on the computer.
But I can also do this. Doing about 30 mph, on a bridge, in traffic, from my car. Through sheer luck we perfectly timed our transit over the George Washington Bridge. It was a gorgeous day yesterday, with temperatures in the 50s and 60s (that’s Fahrenheit for you non-Americans) and there were a fair number of people walking, jogging, and riding their bikes across the bridge. And then there was this couple.
I managed to catch them, in a kiss, camera looking west towards the sunset, and with no cars in the right lane blocking the view. What a perfect way to end a great Thanksgiving Weekend.
Meanwhile, over at Rob Hanson’s blog, he is hosting the latest round of the HDR Collaboration Group with a fun set of brackets we all teased him about. Please head over to the link to see the results and get the story behind our teasing.
Elijah
28 Nov 2011I look at the image on the computer. my awesome wife offered to drive the entire trip so I could shoot both halves.
Jimi Jones
28 Nov 2011Glad you enjoyed the holiday break, man. This is a great capture, Mark. Awesome sky and composition.
Edith Levy
28 Nov 2011Sounds ou had a great weekend. This is really beautifully captured. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of your shots.
Toad Hollow Photography
28 Nov 2011I don’t know if I could even pull off a shot like this standing still, let alone taken from a MOVING CAR!! Good Lord, sir, that’s some mad skill you’re using here!! What a great, great photo, Mark. Truly.
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Dave DiCello
29 Nov 2011Amazing shot here man, I love the glow of the image and what an amazing moment
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Adam Allegro
29 Nov 2011Man%2C%20that%20is%20fantastic.%20%20I%20feel%20the%20same%20way.%20%20Although%20I%20feel%20I%20have%20improved%20tremendously%20in%20the%20past%20year%20as%20a%20photographer%2C%20it%20sill%20amazes%20me%20how%20I%20can%20screw%20up%20some%20of%20the%20easiest%20thing!%20%20Then%20I%20get%20a%20luck%20shot%20here%20and%20there%20that%20is%20pure%20chance%2C%20or%20maybe%20we%20make%20our%20own%20luck%3F%20%20This%20is%20awesome.%20%20Too%20bad%20you%20couldn’t%20find%20out%20who%20this%20is%20and%20send%20it%20to%20them%2C%20that%20would%20make%20their%20week!
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Adam Allegro
29 Nov 2011Wow, don’t know waht happened there…. haha. Anyways, the jist was blah blah blah awesome shot! Loved the writeup, the same stuff happens to me!
Mark
29 Nov 2011Hey Adam, thanks for the comments. I was about to delete the crazy one, but then realized it is readable with some effort so I just left it. One of those weird web formatting hiccups, I guess.