Nov 21
Nikon D80+sigma 10-20@10, f9, 1/50sec, ISO 200, CPL + GND3

Though it’s floating, it really look like it’s hovering, this little boat. Photographed not long ago on a lake not far away, in right combination of sun, fog and clouds. Ah, for crying out loud, why are the perfect conditions almost always early in the morning, in usualy most demanding part of the year?! Oh, why is the curse of  “get up early in the morning, don’t get enough sleep at all” following me in this part of life too?

Probably because there is no easy living, because easy come is easy go. One can only truly appreciate something that is achieved  in laborious effort. If something is gained in easy way, easy is to let it go. On the other hand something worth whole day of work we are not likely to let slip trough our hands.

It’s a little farfetched to compare whole day hard work with my photography,  nonetheless in this landscape photography I’m trying to practice, morning offers certain things rest of day lacks of. What are those?  Well, let’s start with getting up in deaf part of night before even first light blue starts to show on the east, than morning chill, than… Aha, I was supposed to write about advantages. :)

Magic of the beginning of the new day. That is something special. And it’s not the same if you have time to meet it on some interesting spot, no matter how cold or hot is it, or when you’re rushing to job or to school when we only notice that the sun is up and forget about it. To say, here it is, the new day is in front of me, sun is here, new circle of life starts. That is the magic. If it happens that you are on the right place in the right time, even better! Early morning  is for us that are living in cities (small and big) a chance to to hear unusual quietness, when we can hear life around us. Birds, other animals, wind. If we are in right place, we could see a dear, rabbit, hear an hawk over us, singing birds, woodpecker, whatever…

And than arrive on the lake shore and enjoy in calmness of blue sailboat, while over the head sun is trying to break trough fog to warm us and nature after freezing dawn. Morning light and morning conditions make ordinary pond and plexie boat look like they are from a fairy tale.

So, here I am, hovering around, enjoying. It’s good to get up early.  Right?