People on the River: Perspective at North Patuxent
Perhaps what made the time pass so quickly, especially this summer, was burying my head in an all-consuming photography project.
Perhaps what made the time pass so quickly, especially this summer, was burying my head in an all-consuming photography project.
After giving up that morning, I parked my kayak on a rock, caught my breath and put the failing moment into perspective. That moment was short because I was interrupted by the distant sound of laughing.
Muddy Branch Tributary - Lots of Rain Drops. OK, see … I can explain. It’s not that I was just photographing raindrops although technically there were raindrops being photographed. It’s…
Finally I reached the bottom of the hill where the drainage from the silt ponds flowed. I couldn’t get this vantage point from the drone. I just stood there as the story played out in front of me. A stream, Cabin Branch, flowed from my right to my left and it went from clear water to muddy muck. The silt ponds appeared to be failing or were overflowing - all that silt was running into the stream, clouding it up and running down hill to the county resevoir. I told myself, I guess I have my image - the clearing of the fields and forest had indeed impacted the water way.
Whenever I get stuck or whenever I think the light is gone, I turn around for a new view of things. Frequently the change of perspective works. You just have to be open enough to try a different view.
Visit Botswana’s Okavango Delta like we did in September 2018, and you’d think the country is rich in water resources. The trip was filled with days full of fording streams…