I did something I have not done in a while. Take a camera with me while doing just everyday life things.
My weapon of choice was the OM10 mk2 and 12-60 Lumix kit. Both solid performers and a good match.
Arriving at our normal holiday walk destination, the local dog park, I scratched a long term itch, getting this forgotten place. Normally the graffiti in the background is in shadow, but I got lucky with some reflected morning light bouncing back onto it. A quarter of an hour thing at best.
Just along a bit and the bull-rushes are at that mid decay stage.
From there, the walk takes you through a lane surrounded by swamp on either side. With a dog dragging me, slippery footing and low light, I pushed it a little, getting about half sharp, but always got a shot.
Once in the park, views of the swamp and river are plentiful. Including the fence line shows the grasses still stuck to the wire from floods a couple of years a go. Hard to imaging the river was over my head at this point (it covered the road bridge in the top shot). We have had some weather down here over the year. About five years ago, two inches of snow fell for the first time in fifty years, breaking or bending many of the Tea trees.
Backlit mist, river, trees. All you need.
This gum has also been haunting me (joke; it’s possibly a “Ghost” Gum)
Second lap, about 650m each one and the mist was hanging on.
Then my girls going back to the car. Lucy on the left is my companion, always a bit tricky early on as the GSP half of her wants to hunt. Much calmer on the way back. Meg and Daisy walk down separately to take her “edge” off (Daisy’s that is).
Maybe the start of a good habit?
Hope so.