This week Tina Schell is hosting the Lens-Artist Challenge and her topic is “It’s All About Light.” Her post and others I have read have been truly “enlightening” and it really “lit” my fire. Oh how I love the morning light – those moments when night is being cast aside by the light of a new day. When the sun starts to peak over the horizon calling the earth to show forth its colors.
How wonderful to hold a mug of coffee while being gently lifted into the day with a cool breeze and the soft light of the sun filtered through thin morning clouds. But I find I have to get up early and it is only occasionally that the light is a perfect match for my morning rising. The light changes very quickly so I have to catch it before it fully blooms.
I especially love watching the early sunrise light come across a body of water, but in my home county there is only one place I know to go that gives me this gift – Lime Lake. Lime Lake was created from a limestone quarry and has a county park on the west side of the lake. It is primarily used by people for fishing and picnicking, and students from the college a couple of miles up the road who need to go someplace to be with someone special. In spring and fall I can count on some morning mist hanging over the lake. The trees across the lake are a part of my cousin’s woodlot.
And what joy it is to first hear a flock of Sandhill Cranes and then to see them flying overhead with the rising sun illuminating their underside.
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Beautiful photos. Lovely light, and such a wonderful sense of serenity
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You’ve definitely nailed this challenge with these lovely shots. I’m fond of the second one and could see it hanging in a room in my house! So lovely. And the light — oh, my!
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Serenity beautifully captured…in every moment. I can understand you want to return. What light, so soft.
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And our campsite was right by the water so I saw the sun rising as I was fixing our coffee. I grabbed my camera. 🙂
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Such a wonderful collection of beautiful photos, Pat! Thanks for sharing and have a nice day 🙂 Aiva xx
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I really enjoyed doing this post. Thanks.
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GREAT photos. Love the nuances of light/shadow/light. Excellent.
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Thanks, John. They are special to me.
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All so serene!…. Ahhh….
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It seems lots of people need serene. I sure do.
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Love the Manitoulin images!
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And I love Manitoulin Island. Maybe next year Canada will be open to us. Thanks, Sue.
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Let’s hope so….
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What lovely, inviting and evocative photos. I too love the early morning light – your words capture the mood.
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Thank you so much, Margaret.
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Beautiful narrative and lovely pictures.
Stay blessed always
🙏🌹🙏
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Thanks, Jas. I do feel blessed.
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Oh my Pat, magical captures of a magical place. I absolutely loved your images this week. One can feel the serenity of the morning mist. Just beautiful
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Thanks, Tina. They sure take me back to the serenity. I could spend the rest of my summers in that spot. 🙂 Winters? Probably not as it is at the top of Lake Huron with harsh winters.
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A beautiful place indeed!!
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Love the photos…ah but that early rising to catch the perfect light…well maybe not.
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I don’t catch the sunset very often. 🙂
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Beautiful photos
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Thanks, Ali
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