Tuesday, 26 March 2024

My Monet moment on the Seine River


It was perfect conditions for some great photography.  The autumn colours were starting to show, there was a slight breeze but it was beautiful outside.  As I crawled underneath bridge I could see the wonderful colours reflected in the water, on the north side of the bridge, so that is where I set up.  As I was getting my focus it just didn’t look right, it wasn’t focusing properly.  I looked up from my camera and as I looked at the scene in front of me I realized it wasn’t the camera that was the issue it was me.  I put my prescription sunglasses on and that helped some but things just weren’t clear.  That really scared me and my anxiety started to rise.  I managed to get myself together and decided I was here and I really wanted to get these images.  I had to trust my camera, I had my f-stop set at 14 and that was where I wanted it, as I wanted to shoot slower to soften the water a bit but still wanted all the foliage on the sides to be in focus.  I focus 1/3 way into my scene and pressed my shutter release button on my camera.  I shot off another two shots under and over exposing.  I couldn’t tell if they were in focus but just assumed they were.  I then did a quick set up on the south side of the bridge and did the same thing with my focus and my exposures.  At this point my anxiety started to get the best of me so I went up to my car and slowly drove home.  This eye thing stayed with me for a few days and then it cleared up.  Was this from encephalitis or just simply anxiety which has heightened since meningitis and encephalitis?  Off that topic, it turned out the images I took looked great.  I have had a few people tell me the reflection in the river looks like a Monet painting, one of them being my oldest brother.  So this is my Monet!


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