Playing on an Overcast Day

Sunday afternoon I headed out to Woodard Bay while the husband cut on a tree that fell in the great beyond at The Homestead last winter.  He thinks running the chainsaw is fun.

I had hoped to use my new polarizing filter (thanks for the Christmas money, Dad & Mom…you bought me a polarizing filter!), but it was just too overcast.  My solution? Well, bummer, I had to pull out the 6-stop neutral density filter instead.  I screwed the filter onto my 50mm, screwed the camera onto the tripod and went to work.

These are a few of my favorites:

Playing on an Overcast Day, cookdrinkhike.wordpress.com

Playing, cookdrinkhike.wordpress.com

 

Playing on an Overcast Day, cookdrinkhike.wordpress.com

Playing on an Overcast Day, cookdrinkhike.wordpress.com

Playing on an Overcast Day, cookdrinkhike.wordpress.com

 

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Welcome to Tales from the Upper Left! I’m an Oregonian by birth, and a Washingtonian (upper left...get it?) by choice. I share my life with a husband named Jonathan and a cat named Colby Jack (he’s orange...like cheese). I dabble in photography (passionate hobbyist), hike when the opportunity arises, drink wine whenever the mood strikes me and travel not often enough. Predictable Washington blog? Nah. I promise!

10 thoughts on “Playing on an Overcast Day”

      1. Gidgity gadgets! I’m going to work that into a sentence this week. Yes they aren’t that expensive. I’ve been schizo in wanting things from the camera shop so I haven’t bought one yet. I was just looking at extension tubes for my macro so I would be able to get even closer on the snowflakes. Maybe if the tax return is decent I can check off the whole list!

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      2. Goat frolic is also a satisfying phrase. If you get any closer to those snowflakes you’re going to be snorting them. I’ve not explored extension tubes. I don’t think I will, at this time. 🙂

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      3. I think I could probably use an extension tube to snort a snowflake. haha! (I had to massively crop to get that close, which affects the quality of the photo) And is “goat frolic” like a swear word…OH GOAT FROLIC! Or is it used when you’re feeling hyper….”I got the goat frolics today?” It also kind of sounds like some kind of skin condition…

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      4. Goat frolic is used to describe chaos. A work meeting that goes awry? That’s a goat frolic. If you can manage to combine it with another favorite (herding cats), then you’re having an exceptional day: “Good grief, that meeting was a goat frolic…like herding cats.”

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