In the Fake Forest

Ever take pictures you are proud of? There are always going to be those handful of pictures in which the photographer is satisfied and proud of. I'd say i'm pretty proud of these pictures I took here. Why? I think it's because these pictures have better quality, and it feels good to take pictures that seem rich in quality. It's just something different, than what I usually take pictures of.  

This picture just seems so open and spacious.  The sunlight brightens up the entire picture, giving it this white light that really clears up the picture, and makes the area look bigger than what it realistically is. If you notice, the colors aren't grounded. What I mean by that is that the light whitens up all the objects as well. Without all this light, you would have richer colors present.

This would make a great motion picture. If you just set up the shutter speed on your camera and took some pictures, you would've captured the water flow. The water in the picture would seem so smooth and you wouldn't be capturing the moment, but moments. Shutter speed allows you to take in movement for more than a second. For example, you know those highway pictures taken at night? Or those star trail pictures at night? They were all taken of movement and captured minutes, perhaps hours of motion. Yet, you see it all in one place, not in a video but in a picture. This picture here could have made a great example of that.

Lets talk about a peaceful setting. Wouldn't this be a great example? Sitting on the bench back there, overlooking the water. Checking out the reflection of the trees perfectly reflecting on the water. Listening to the water lightly trickle down the small edge. This was taken near Springfield, Massachusetts over the summer and up ahead of this was a paddleboating and kayaking area, where the water was much murkier. Plus, the water on this creek wasn't deep at all. It was just a flat platform with water flowing across. We went walking across the creek a couple times too and the water only came up to our ankles. Now talking about the details... this picture is slightly edited. Only a border was added. You can see a slight black tint added to the edges of the pictures. Thats all. The waterfall looking so soft is all natural. Pretty neat huh?