I’m telling on myself. Thursday morning I took a few images at Pineridge Natural Area of the predawn light. I did not shoot many images, making 7 compositions, placing the horizon in the various locations in the frame. When I loaded them on the computer at home they were all underexposed. I then discovered I had set the camera in manual mode yesterday and never checked the exposure. I made a critical assumption the camera would take care of everything, all I had to do was make the composition. Wrong. Way too much dependance on the camera and not checking my settings!
A lot of seasonal changes are taking place here in Colorado. As the nights get longer and there’s less sunlight, leaves stop making chlorophyll, losing their green colors, some change to yellow, orange, red, brown and gray. These leaves will freeze in winter, so the trees are letting go, allowing them to decompose and restock the soil with nutrients for next spring. I love this time of the year and this process of dying to renew life.
I attended my 55th class reunion dinner last night and enjoyed catching up with them. One facet of reunions is finding out more have died than I knew about. Just the same we get to reminisce about our youth. I’m leaving a few minutes to attend today’s picnic. I am finding it interesting how little I really knew about my classmates and the erroneous assumptions I had about them in high school. And that is also true of how they perceived me. Many thought they didn’t fit in. Just like me! Fascinating to me.
6 Comments
Mark
I have never been to a class reunion, let alone imagining a 55th! Congrats to you. We’ve all been there with the exposure thing or some other setting we forgot was on. Thankfully there will be more leaves waiting for you to visit again. 🙂
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Mark. I did have a good time both Friday night and Saturday’s picnic. I figured a few of you would admit to doing similar things. 😂
Faye White
Been there. I need a camera that will say “Faye, are you sure these are the settings you want?” I guess that’s what the ‘P’ setting is for. Ha ha. You are right though, routines can be dangerous. The foliage is about to get fantastic, hopefully.
Monte Stevens
Not sure I want a camera talking to me!!! Blinking lights is preferable. Hope you do have a colorful fall.
oneowner
Like Mark, I have never been to a reunion. I was an awkward teen and reliving those years just doesn’t seem logical. My 2 best friends have passed away, too. Maybe I’ll dig out my old yearbook and celebrate. I am looking forward to some interesting fall foliage shots this year, though.
Monte Stevens
I also was a quiet reserved high schooler. Didn’t feel like I fit in or even deserved to fit in. I’ve come to realized how many of my classmates felt the same, evee=n those I considered to be popular. Some had a very sad childhood, alcoholic parent(s), abusive family situations, and just as insecure as I was. There has been the thoughts about going back and making more of an effort to connect some of them but we can do that now as mature adults.