Beneath - landscape photography

Under the Clark Bridge
Photograph by Tom Atwood

What I remember about taking this photograph beneath the Clark Bridge is flying carp leaping out of the Mississippi River near West Alton, Missouri. It was spooky enough without that.

Shutter: 30 seconds; Aperture: f/7.1; ISP: 400; Focal Length: 85 mm

Guesswork

Blue Heron on the Mississippi
Photograph by Tom Atwood

A photograph like this involves a great deal of guesswork. And luck. The heron was flying at dusk, after the sun had gone down along the Mississippi River at Alton, Illinois. The low light meant using a slow shutter speed, and focus was at best, a guess. I took several pictures of this magnificent bird, and one of them turned out. This one.

Shutter: 1/80 sec; Aperture: f/13; Focal Length: 200 mm; ISO 400