Photo of the Week – Kim Hadley

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Feeling Her Oats and Cavorting for Fun

Kim Hadley – Portrait of a Horse in Action

Kim Hadley – Portrait of a Horse in Action

There’s one of those high knobs on Kim’s land where you feel on top of the world, well worth the climb for sunset viewing. Late on a recent afternoon when the light was just grazing the landscape, she was greeted by a neighbor’s horse hungry for attention and happy to have some company. With only a few moments of light left, Kim grabbed her camera, set a slow shutter speed and began panning and shooting. “I didn’t have time to switch settings fast enough…followed her but only got this one that is remotely in focus.” The focus is indeed sharp where it counts but blurred, almost ghostly at the legs and hooves, clearly showing quick movement. The flying tail and mane, reflecting the fading sunlight, add the perfect exclamation point. It requires good camera technique to successfully pull off a shot like this. Well done indeed.
Canon EOS 50D with a EF 28-135mm lens at a 90mm focal length. Shutter 1/25 sec, aperture f/5.6 and ISO of 100.

Photo of the Week – Betty Rembert

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Towering Sugar Maple – Last Year of Glory?

Old Sugar Maple - Betty Rembert

Old Sugar Maple – Betty Rembert

If there’s one scene within walking distance of her home that attracts Betty over and over again, in any season, it’s this towering maple that has withstood the elements for perhaps a hundred years and is now nearing the end of it’s reign. The top has no growth this year but the lower regions are still hanging on, perhaps for the final fall. Remarks have been heard that fall of 2012 doesn’t live up to the usual annual Ashe County show, with muted color and many leaves simply turning brown and falling off. This may be true but that doesn’t mean there’s no beauty, perhaps just a little more specific and difficult to locate. As the members spread out over the area for this month’s assignment, the results will surely prove this to be the case as does the above image. The beauty of our mountains is in a league of its own. The soft late afternoon light is ideal for the foreground and background.
Canon EOS 5D with an EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at a focal length of 73mm
Exposure 1/400sec at f/8.0
ISO 200
October 5th, 2012 at 5:43pm