To say I’ve spent the better part of a lifetime chasing the light sounds philosophical. Perhaps, on some level, it is because I’ve done my share of looking for truth. Occasionally, I’ve even found a bit of it.
More often, I’ve been chasing light with a camera, shooting up, up, up into the trees, looking for a perfect ray of sunshine filtering through a leafy canopy, waiting to become a perfect picture.
To get the rays of the sun, I don’t use a filter. I shoot into the sun, they move the camera a few degrees of center until I can see the rays in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen. You don’t need a special filter. I didn’t use filters on any of these pictures.
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Categories: Light and Lights, Nature, Photography, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Weather
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 
When you get gorgeous shots like this SOOC (or at least sans filter), why would you go to the fuss of mucking about with unnecessary tools? Lovely post! Happy spring to you, Marilyn—may it be a season of renewal and refreshment in health as well as a pleasurable season in itself.
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I’m such a klutz that by the time I would find a filter, the shot would be long gone. And since it turns out I don’t really need them (and with Photoshop, who really does any more?) …
Spring would be nice but I think we’re going direct to summer 🙂
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I love the “in the woods” photos. I’m thinking about making one into my background on my computer, as a matter of fact. Can I do that?
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You are welcome to use any of my pictures … If you need a larger one or a different resolution, let me know and I’ll email it to you!
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I would really love to use the one that looks fall-ish and has water. I tried using just from your blog, but it’s definitely not big enough. Let me know if you’re able to email me a bigger copy. Many thanks! 😀
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You have to give me the exact name because well … after a while there are an awful lot of fall ones with water 🙂 Like … thousands 🙂
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I also love those pictures you have of the falls. Any one of them in a really big size would be great, too.
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I emailed you about this 🙂
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I really like these. I may have to do more tree photography. Love it. I don’t have any fancy filters either.
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Fancy filters are a pain in the butt. Also, it takes time to find the right filter and put it on the camera, so I figure I’m better off using my eyes and the camera and lens’ inherent abilities to get the job done. Experimenting is fun. You get a lot of “ugh” shots … but you also get some “oh MY” pictures 🙂
Trees are so omnipresent around here, I can hardly NOT shoot them. We live in and under them, so when I’m not feeling up to a jaunt elsewhere, I can shoot woodland from my back deck or backyard or driveway 🙂
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I’ve said it before, it’s beautiful stuff!! Reminds me of scenes from David Lean’s “Dr. Zhivago”.
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😀
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Beautiful Marilyn!
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These are among my favorites 🙂
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Mine tooooooooo!
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Lovely pictures, Marilyn.
Leslie
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Thanks. They are the ONLY flowers so far this year!
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