{"id":8210,"date":"2024-09-13T07:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2024-09-13T07:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:26:07","slug":"hazy-shade-of-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=8210","title":{"rendered":"Hazy shade of morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On a recent photo trip I was able to camp out at the beautiful<\/em> Graham’s Island State Park, which I highly recommend, and then roam the area. The first thing I spotted in the morning was this farm. You can see how hazy the skies were from all that Canadian and Pacific Northwest wildfire smoke. This was a month ago, and much of the summer has been the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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I wanted to get a closer look, but it wasn’t in the cards that morning. I had other targeted photo destinations to reach and a destination with a set timetable – picking up a kiddo from camp – so I just did the telephoto thang, marked it in my GPS “for next time”, then moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the morning and the evening, when it helps provide diffusion and color, this wildfire smoke is actually of great benefit to a photographer. Shooting landscapes isn’t as good, because the skies are uninteresting, but the smoke is really helpful for objects on the ground. In this case, I just accepted the sky issue while reveling in the fact that I didn’t have any shadows obscuring my old farmstead subjects! There’s supposedly a silver lining to every cloud, and for a photographer that includes this persistent smoky haze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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