Out on photo shoots, Mitch has reminded me several times that shooting into the sun isn’t necessarily the best thing to do. A bad habit of mine. The camera simply can’t make the adjustments our minds make when looking from dark areas to light areas. For example my eyes saw plenty of detail in the shady areas of the trees across the lake, while at the same time seeing the details in the sky. With the camera you have to sacrifice one or the other, in this case the shade in the trees. Sometimes though it does work out. No one probably cares about what’s going on in the distance.

This shot is from Lake Calhoun. It was very windy that day, and these sailboarders were zipping back and forth at amazingly high speeds.

For other skywatch photos go here

Met up with Mitchster and Dusty yesterday afternoon at the Duplex on Hennepin for a couple of beers and a light snack. Afterwards we went for a long walk around Lake Calhoun getting a variety of photos. Took us almost three hours I think. Didn’t seem that long at all as we had a great time chit chatting about photography and blogging, with plenty of photo stops. Look forward to the next time.