Posted By: Jim Garvie
A Sea Of Yellow - 10/07/09 09:22 PM
Today, we were supposed to be taking our Cassidy daughter, Juneau, to the vet to be palpated for puppies. As we were leaving the house this morning, I had a premonition and asked Linda to double-check with the vet to make sure she'd be there. Sure enough, she had taken the day off. Fortunately, we hadn't driven the hour to get Juneau and the additional hour to the vets. So, with nothing to do and no work planned for the morning, Linda, RoseAnn and I looked at each other and in synch said "how about a beach day?"
On the way from Orlando to New Smyrna Beach on the East Coast, we drove up Rt 417 and where it crosses Lake Jessup, I had seen a field of flowers a few weeks ago but wasn't in a position to stop. I wondered if they had gone past their peak but got ready to stop just in case. As we passed the lake and drove by a large wetlands area, there was this incredible site. For miles and miles -- acres and acres -- stretching all the way back to the lake were millions of Black-eyed Susans in full bloom.
I stopped the van along the highway and grabbed my camera. With only the 70-200 F4L with me I knew that it was going to be difficult to capture the pure scope of that scene but I climbed over the mounds, down a drainage canal (watching for snakes) and up the other side until I was close enough to take some decent pictures.
This first one is my attempt without a wideangle lens to capture the scope. Here is a panorama composed of 8 horizontal images, hand-held, and then merged down to a 7 inch by 50 inch pano. I've attached a larger version for your enjoyment.
Here's one of the images in the pano to give you some additional detail.
And here's a closeup of the flowers.
I wish we had been going through this area later in the day but the color was still fantastic and while I was there, one other guy stopped and took out his camera and was capturing the scene as well.
Enjoy,
Jim
On the way from Orlando to New Smyrna Beach on the East Coast, we drove up Rt 417 and where it crosses Lake Jessup, I had seen a field of flowers a few weeks ago but wasn't in a position to stop. I wondered if they had gone past their peak but got ready to stop just in case. As we passed the lake and drove by a large wetlands area, there was this incredible site. For miles and miles -- acres and acres -- stretching all the way back to the lake were millions of Black-eyed Susans in full bloom.
I stopped the van along the highway and grabbed my camera. With only the 70-200 F4L with me I knew that it was going to be difficult to capture the pure scope of that scene but I climbed over the mounds, down a drainage canal (watching for snakes) and up the other side until I was close enough to take some decent pictures.
This first one is my attempt without a wideangle lens to capture the scope. Here is a panorama composed of 8 horizontal images, hand-held, and then merged down to a 7 inch by 50 inch pano. I've attached a larger version for your enjoyment.
Here's one of the images in the pano to give you some additional detail.
And here's a closeup of the flowers.
I wish we had been going through this area later in the day but the color was still fantastic and while I was there, one other guy stopped and took out his camera and was capturing the scene as well.
Enjoy,
Jim
. We seldom get to enjoy a few hours on the beach doing absolutely nothing. It was great!