These are often called god rays by photographers.  This picture was made on Ossabaw Island in an area that had been intentionally burned very recently.  There was still smoke rising from the burned swamp grass and that helps to show the rays of the morning sunlight.  Smoke and fog are friends of a photographer.

Larry

Live Oaks on Ossabaw Island are remarkable.  This picture was hard to capture because the range of brightness was very broad.  I used a digital photography technique called HDR (High dynamic Range).  I made several exposures so that the bright sky was well exposed on one and the dark shadows were well exposed on another.  I then used Photoshop to combine the images into one image so that they all looked well exposed.  No, I did not see the hear t shape until someone pointed it out to me.

Larry

This is another sunset picture on Ossabaw Island.  You should look behind yourself when watching a sunset because often the light and subject matter are more interesting 180 degrees from the sunset.

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This Spanish moss was hanging from an Ossabaw Island Live Oak near sunset.  Ossabaw Island is about 20 miles southeast of Savannah, Georgia.  I am participating in a Artist Program on Ossabaw Island twice a year.  You will see a lot of Ossabaw Island if you continue to view my pictures.  It is almost uninhabited and a remarkably beautiful place.  But you should bring tick repellant. 

Larry

Midway Church is near Savannah, Georgia.  Happy faces are everywhere.


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I love to make portraits.  It is possible to make portraits of people, animals and flowers.

Larry

On Day 6 it rained.  I wondered how to show that it was raining.  Then I found a puddle.  In physics scientists argued for a long time about whether light was a wave or a particle.  Then Quantum Physics showed light is both a particle and a wave.  These rain drops show the aspect of a wave that scientists saw when their research lead them to watch light after going through a very thin diffraction slit.  If you wear contacts you can see this circular wave at night when you are driving even if it is not raining.  One viewer thought this would make an interesting corporate logo.

Larry

Morning light is also beautiful, especially in the spring.

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This picture of a Oakleaf Hydrangea has a warm feeling to it because it was taken moments before sunset.  Like Day 2 picture you can see that this was made in late fall in the middle of November in Atlanta, Georgia.  I am glad the bugs got a chance to eat some of this leaf.  It produced a three dimensional effect.

These Crape Myrtle branches fascinate me.  The become much more interesting the hour before sunset.  I suggest you pay attention to when the sun sets and try to spend some time outside during the hour before sunset and the hour after sunset.  That period is when the most beautiful light occurs.

Larry