Aspiration and the texture of weathered wood

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Figure 1 - Aspirations and the texture of weathered wood, Glacken Slope, Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2015.

Figure 1 – Aspirations and the texture of weathered wood, Glacken Slope, Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2015.

It is probably time to take a break from bird photographs. So I thought that today I would share an image that I took it a few weeks ago along the Glacken Slope. It is simply a picture of weathered wood, a study in texture and dynamic range. For photographers of my generation, it represents the aspiration, usually unfulfilled, to produce a photograph worthy of the Group f/64. Ah well…

“Hope springs eternal in the human breast;

Man never is but always to be blest.”

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) “An Essay on Man“

Canon T2i with EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens at 149 mm, ISO 1600, Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/400th sec at f/11.0 with -1 exposure compensation