Photo of the Week 2011-09-26

misty morning farmhouse


A regular weekend photo outing usually produces something to add to my photo library but approaching this past weekend I was skeptical with the forecast for wet rainy days. Thankfully the meteorologists were wrong ... can you believe it?

Plans were for a drive along back roads between home and Milton. With the fall colours having just started to show, I was hopeful that I might find a lone brilliant red tree in the midst of a green sea.

The outing began as darkness gave way to reveal light mist patches lingering in the still morning air. Travelling along the road just out of Arkell, a farmhouse tucked back low and off the road caught my eye and we turned around to park, get out and check it out. Frequently when I catch a glimpse of a scene like this, a closer look reveals distracting details that I did not originally notice, like hydro wires along the road or something in the background. No so this time.

I made several compositions of the farmhouse scene using trees or a bit of fence as a foreground, some including a bit of the grey overcast sky. It is the image above that most closely represents the scene that fist caught my attention. Wrapped in the thin mist of morning, the east facing stone wall catches the filtered light of morning's arrival.

So often it is that first instinctive composition that I prefer after making several alternates... and this time, it was also the first of several stops and locations that I shot. All in all, I'm please with the outcome.

DJE