Ghosts in the Lake

Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 9 September 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This was shot at Marsh Creek State Park last Thursday evening at a photo outing organized by my friend, Ed Heaton, of Ed Heaton Photography. The purpose of the photo outing was to photograph the moonrise as it appeared above the lake. Unfortunately, no one told the clouds of our plans, so the full moon was fully visible for only a short time before the clouds had their say about the matter. The fishermen in the foreground is actually the same person who slowly walked into the frame and paused for several seconds at each location while the shutter was open. Thanks, Ed, for organizing this outing.

"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text

AEparker from Norfolk, United States

Nice exposure!

9 Sep 2009 5:16am

Sergei Z from Türi, Estonia

Wonderful idea and very well done!

9 Sep 2009 6:51am

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Exellent!!!

9 Sep 2009 8:47am

daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany

Beautiful colours, stunning night shot.

9 Sep 2009 10:52am

David Nos from Barcelona, Spain

Great picture!!

9 Sep 2009 12:31pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Fantastic!

9 Sep 2009 2:46pm

Dan Creighton from Pottstown, United States

Very nice image Russ and out of the box too. I think this works with or without the fisherman as the overall mood and composition is very nice.

9 Sep 2009 3:02pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Superb photograph. Great title. Extraordinary tones.

9 Sep 2009 3:05pm

Marilla from Turku, Finland

This is art! Wow!

9 Sep 2009 4:22pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States

I think the clouds lend a kind of ghostly light to the whole scene, which the moving fisherman personifies. Nice shot.

9 Sep 2009 6:59pm

Monte Stevens from Westerville, United States

Doesn't matter the moon didn't get the memo, you did a wonderful job.

10 Sep 2009 1:18am

Frida from Sweden

Excellent picture with a very fitting title to it.

10 Sep 2009 8:39am

ghetu from Mainly Mumbai, India

this is brilliant! a photography lesson for me.

14 Sep 2009 3:14pm

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Excellent. Love the ghostly images.

16 Sep 2009 8:58pm

Nikon D200
118 second
F/8.0
ISO 100
18 mm

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