However, the prior month of cool rainy weather had delayed the blooming of almost all of the perennials in the park. There were a few peonies and irises, some beautiful birch tree clusters and lots of green shrubs. Once again, a tripod would have helped and I vowed to borrow one as soon as I could.
I concentrated on the irises and the birch trees.
After the morning's early shoot, we went back to the classroom for our critique. The participants who had used a tripod had better luck getting good photos in the low light, moody conditions. This first critique, in the classroom at the Union Hall, took quite a while. Each of us gave Claire 5 images from the morning shoot and we went through all the images, one person at a time. Alison commented on almost all of the photos — pointing out strengths and weaknesses in the images and making suggestions about how to push the creative envelope.After the critique, most of the group walked back "up the hill" to the campus and had dinner. After the dinner, there was an opening in the Gallery at Union Hall followed by a presentation by another instructor.
I was excited about the color saturation of images taken in the cloudy, misty atmosphere. So I went down to Rockport Harbor and shot some "rain" images, stopped at the nursery to take images in their greenhouse, and then, in a light rain, drove up to Camden Harbor where I saw the falls, roaring over the rocks below the town library. I took photos of wet boats, the docks and the falls. Then I wandered into Paolina's Way, a small Italian bistro on the Harbor and had a lovely dinner while I watched the chefs in the kitchen. Another long, full day of image-making. This is really a full-imersion workshop! Here's a link to additional photos.
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