Morning Rain Metal Print

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Between Old Horticulture and Student Services is a peaceful garden and fountain that when we first moved to town hosted the gardens that now are the Horticultural Demonstration Gardens. Nevertheless what remains in the older part of campus is a quiet in the midst of a very busy part of the old Michigan State University campus. This garden begs one to sit and stay just to absorb the light, sounds, and color.

My subjects are both natural and architectural. I am interested in textures and shapes and how light and shadow play on those objects often creating new ones. I use a Nikon D-800, and an iPhone 10s Max. I make every effort to compose in the camera and thus I crop infrequently. I use Lightroom, Photoshop & NIK to work with highlights & shadows which often brings out the elements in a photograph for which I have primary interest. I have no hesitation using any other tool if the results make the photograph work. My preference is to do nothing to a photograph presenting it as it was taken. My web site is named light & shadows because both light and shadows are the visual elements that hold the most fascination for me. If time and space...