I saw this scene on Green Lake many times in the past and either did not have the camera with me, or the weather was not right, or … Bottom  line, I never took the photo before.

Then I finally could not resist, went to get the gear, and showed up to photograph this flooded walkway from across the inflow. It turned out though that I underestimated the distance and my 24 - 85mm just was not enough to get the head on view. I could have done it under an angle from the banks along but I wanted this view that I kept seeing from the road. From that angle it looked like it was a railing on water, and a lot of the debris remained hidden behind the walkway.

It was very windy. Windy was good, it created ripples on the water and long exposures had a nice effect. But it was so windy I could not keep the camera steady even when I weighed the tripod down. All photos were soft and given the need for a significant crop the softness showed a lot.

So back I went one more time, in between downpours and storms, with my 80 - 400 mm. There was almost no wind making long exposures less effective. Even the little bit of a breeze gave me some trouble to keep the camera steady enough for this 90s exposure at 270 mm.

Flooded Green Lake BridgeOrchard Park, New York

It is the photo I had in mind though, so another one off the list. Have fun making you visions a reality!