Once again, our back woods looked good in the late afternoon around sixish or so. I also discovered how effective a K2 filter is as it's a yellow green and not just yellow so it's a bit flattering to the early spring foliage. 

I visited a small state park today that I had forgotten I'd visited once before. It's in a particularly affluent area bordering the St. Johns River. The water lilies are abundant and very healthy looking....and the yachts are too!  😉

With gas being a lot more expensive lately, I've been reluctant to travel much at all hence the photographs of our backyard.  But, for the moment, gas is a bit cheaper so yesterday I drove to an area that has been visually fruitful for me and made these images.  

Our backyard continues to interest me as I photographed it yesterday. My color perception limitations are generally mitigated by photographing in monochrome, but using various color contrast filters is still a challenge.  These images were all made with a green #11 filter.  It's also important to note that this is not some wilderness scene, but rather our immediate backyard so I chose not to remove the fence or sprinkler heads... 'it is what it is' reflects my attitude about including those non natural elements since they were there. 

Our backyard offers a forest view that is often very interesting.  It has been leafing out these past few weeks, and has been subtly colorful. These images were made with three color filters...a K2, Deep Yellow, and Orange. I did not write down what I was doing, so I'm not sure which is which now, but 'post processing' allows them all to be acceptable.  I think the K2 produced the least separation, the deep yellow a bit more, and the Orange the most. 

These are some of the newest photographs I've made with an orange filter. Three of them are of a palm tree and the pine trees beside our house, and the fourth is from the beach at Little Talbot Island SP.

I've seen Clyde Butcher's photographs in person and on line. They are usually quite dramatic with rich and vivid contrasts. He mentioned that he often uses an orange filter.  Orange is made from red and yellow and creates contrast in monochrome that is not as extreme as red, but a bit more than deep yellow. I realized that I had one and slapped it on my 55mm lens for these images. I like it and will use it more often!! 

I was eager to use my new-to-me Mamiya C330 since I've barely used it at all. It had some unknown film already loaded which I assumed was completely unexposed, but turned out not to be. So, my adventure ended with only six exposures out of the potential twelve. Of those, I was only happy with these four. I've now loaded the thing with a roll of Ilford Delta 100 all ready for another foray when the weather and sky are inviting!  

This large pond in Deerwood has been a camera lure for me several times.  Today was really, really cold and not very appealing weather to take photographs, but there I was, so I did!  At least I was dressed for it with a pea coat and wool cap which I brought from New York, but vary rarely wear here in Florida. 

Here are some views from the little memorial park under the Dames Point Bridge. I photographed the memorials this park commemorates in 2023....the sinking of the El Faro container ship with all 33 of its crew, officers and captain. This visit, though, was just to enjoy the views and gorgeous light. 

I went to Cedar Point once again convinced I could see some part of it in a new way.  I did.  This group includes the road out of the boat launch area, several trees from a little distance, and the boat launch area itself and the approach road.