Landscape -- Emma

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     For my spot, I chose Boulevard Park. I love this spot because it is beautiful in the evenings as the sun sets over Lummi Island and Mount Constitution. Here on the bay, it reminds me how close we are to the San Juans. The weather at the bay was cloudy, but the sun shined through the clouds and scattered the light across the sky. Though sunsets during clear skies are always nice, I think today's weather really captured the moody feeling of a cloudy winter day. I decided to try to make the vibe of the photos moody and dark, with splashes of light. I tried to keep the foreground dark in order to draw the eye to the sky, using leading lines with the coast in the second to frame the water and aim towards the landscape in the background. To me, the darkness of the landscape is a purposeful contrast against the colors of the cloudy sky. I tried with letting in more light, but ultimately it felt a little too washed out and less purposeful. 

    In my second picture as well as others, I noticed some spots appeared after I had taken them. I tried cleaning the lens, but I couldn't get them to go away. When I got home and checked the lens again, they had disappeared. I'm not sure what caused it, but my picture would have been better without them. I also think I could have improved the lighting slightly, perhaps if I took them closer to sunset.

    I tried to get some other pictures of other landmarks, such as Portage Island and the Lummi Peninsula, but ultimately I couldn't zoom in enough to make it a good picture; they mostly just looked like zoomed-out landscape shots and weren't very visually interesting. I think I could have zoomed out the second a bit more as well while still following the rule of thirds.

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