After reading my last post about our trip to Fort De Soto, Rich looked over at me with a sad face and said, “But you didn’t include my pictures of the crazy photographer!”  I’ll share with my blog readers the conversation that ensued…

Jess: Did you send me those pictures?

Rich:  No, I’ll do it right now.  I made several images of you while you were photographing the sunrise.

Jess thought-bubble: He called them images, not photos or pictures!  Who is this, and what did he do with my husband?

Rich: I took care with the composition and photographed you with the Great Blue Heron.  It was my first of fall sighting of a crazy photographer!

Jess thought-bubble: It was his first of year sighting of the sunrise, too!

Rich: I may have over-exposed the sunrise but I captured your silhouette beautifully…

Jess: Well, I’ll have to include them on the next post!

So here you go.  Here are two of Rich’s images of me.  The first was from sunrise, when I spotted a Great Blue Heron wading in the water.  As often happens when I get over to Fort De Soto for sunrise, there weren’t many clouds in the sky, so I wasn’t too thrilled with the images I was making.  I waded out into the water, surprising Rich, who was still laughing at the fact that I was wearing my sweater on a hot September morning.  It was windy, and cold!  I squatted down in the water, getting myself soaked, and attempted to photograph the bird’s silhouette against the sunrise.  I like his shot better than mine.

The other shot Rich shared with me was from the night before, when I photographed the sunset at North Beach.  He allowed me to enhance his image with Nik Color Efex in order to bring out some detail in the shadows.  I can still smell the salt air from that night as we lingered on the beach, watching the terns diving for fish.  I can’t wait to go back!