MacArthur Mill Again

When I took this photo almost two weeks ago, I thought that I should return closer to sunrise.

I knew that I couldn't wait too long because I wanted the snow to still be there with its nice lead-in along the river toward the mill, and I also had to get there before the trees leafed out to obscure the view (although that will still be quite a way off).

At the same time, I have resisted going out in the cold mornings. Besides the cold, I don't always like to rush out. I want to sit and have my coffee and ease my way into the day.

However, on Wednesday I awoke at 4, so I could take my time and still get out for the 6:30 sunrise. The other inducement was that it was only slightly below freezing.

I didn't quite make it to the same spot but took a wider view from farther away.

It is very different than the first photo, and it was a difficult one to get right. When I got home to the computer, what I saw in the RAW photo was not what I had seen on the LCD screen of the camera, and it took some fiddling and faddling in post to get the photo to look more like what I had originally perceived.

I think that I might actually like the first ad hoc photo better than the one that took the extra time and effort to shoot. But I did feel good just getting out there and making a concerted effort to do dedicated photography. I am pleased enough with both the effort and the result.