You can see more ongoing contests in my previous post on photo contests as of April 2012. The 3rd Annual Great Outdoors Photo Contest now has finalists posted. Go check them out and comment on what you think. Have fun!

Lake Erie Rock in Fog

Back in January (2012) I've made a post on going repeatedly back to the same locations noting how much different they can look. It's really hard to make two visits the same. Different seasons, different times of day, different weather, changes simply as time goes by and things grow or get cut down, and more and more.

I really enjoy practicing that. It's kind of an extension of working the location. Even during a single visit, you can get closer, further, lower, higher, left, right, use wide angle, telephoto, vivid color, black and white. And coming back repeatedly just provides even more opportunity for variety.

The first image here, Submerged Rock, is fairly recent from spring 2012 taken at sunrise on a morning with a heavy coat of fog. Fog that removed color and simplified everything to just the basic elements.

Lake Erie Sunset

The second photo, Lake Erie Sunset, is from the fall of 2011 taken at sunset on a cloudy, but otherwise clear evening. Definitely different. Which one is better is a rather subjective matter. Which one do you like more?

Revisit your locations and have fun!

The winter decided to let us take some final shots of it before it's gone. For Buffalo, it did not live up to its fame so it at least managed a decent good-bye. There were areas covered in a foot or more of heavy wet stuff. My immediate surroundings got spared and it stayed too warm for any of the snow to stick around. It managed just a gentle coating to dress things white one last time. With the fun passing by quick and time limited, two locations came to mind:

Chestnut Ridge Park with its tree formations.

Green Lake - water had to be fun, right?