The Erie Canal August 19, 2009
Posted by Emily in : Asia, New York, Photography , 5commentsI am still trying to grasp the concept that I currently live on the East Coast.
The East Coast. Home to more major cities than I can name and the Great Lakes. I have been busy photographing everything: houses, buildings, churches, you name it.
Like this for example:
I pass this bridge on my way to the grocery store. As I drive along the highway, the Erie Canal parallels the road. It flows into this Aqueduct, making a beautiful waterfall.
This is what the bridge looks like from the other side in a park. What you don’t see in this picture are several locals fishing and tons of bugs swarming around my body. It also stunk VERY BAD. Fresh water canals don’t smell that great. In fact, the smell faintly reminded me of the night market in Taiwan. (You may have read about my experience shopping in the stinkiest place in the world here.)
I shot this just after sunset. I read how to photograph waterfalls capturing the “silky water” look in a book. You must shoot just before sunrise (which, lets be honest, I don’t get out of bed before 7:00 AM, so shooting before sunrise is just not likely) or just after sunset.
If I could handle the bugs and the smell, I think I would enjoy photographing more of this area.
As of right now . . .
Don’t count on it.
There is so much to photograph around here.
My blog is going to be overloaded with new images over the next few weeks.
