Two steely former Texas Rangers are tasked with tracking and killing infamous criminals Bonnie and Clyde in this crime drama based on real events.
Bhavana did not want to see this at first but warmed up to it once the plot was underway. She was surprised that celebrity culture existed in the 1930s and that people could be enamoured of murderous criminals.
Sometimes photography is like that. I have a vision of what I want to achieve. But either because of poor planning, less than ideal conditions or lack of knowledge, I don't get what I want. Sometimes, I have to make the best of what I have in front of me. Step out of the creative darkness and into the light.
My initial thought after Frank posted this week's photo challenge and seeing his photo was, "go grab some shots of the Shea Rowing Center." The centre is lit at night, and I thought I would get some good pictures of the lights of the centre illuminating the darkness along Faculty Road.
I parked on the eastbound side of Washington Road just past the bridge. One thing I had considered was how dark it might be along Washington Road. I took a headlamp with me to light my path as I walked along the road to the bridge. It was dark, but I was surprised by how many cars drove by at this time of night. It was after 9 PM.
I set up my camera halfway on the bridge. It was challenging to focus in the dark. I took a few test shots and started to regret that I did not set up earlier when the light was good. Eventually, I got an image sharp enough. I captured a few photos, experimenting with shutter speeds between 15 to 30 seconds. I was disappointed by the results when I chimped on the back of my Nikon. The images were not sharp, and the composition was "meh".
Frustrated, I turned around to watch the cars go by. What was I going to do? This field trip was a bust. The marching band would soon be back from supporting the football team at the game in Franklin, and my daughter would be calling me to pick her up from the high school. Time was running out. My inner voice said, "photography what you see".
So I did. I experimented with varying the shutter speed and the timing of the triggering of the shutter for the arrival and departure of the cars. And then I went home and imported the images into Adobe Lightroom.
My initial feeling was correct. My images of the boathouse were uninteresting. I didn't like any of theme. I deleted them all except for this one. I wanted to show you what the boathouse looks like.
However, I was thrilled with the images of the light trails. I picked my favourite one, tweaked a few settings in Lightroom, and the result is what you see in the post header.
Sometimes photography is like that. I have a vision of what I want to achieve. But either because of poor planning, less than ideal conditions or lack of knowledge, I don't get what I want. Sometimes, I have to make the best of what I have in front of me. Step out of the creative darkness and into the light.
Created by photographer Frank Jansen, the Tuesday Photo Challenge is a weekly theme-based challenge for photographers of all kinds to share both new and old photography.
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