I finally had a chance to get out on the lake for a few hours yesterday to do some kayaking and photography. It has been several months since I have been out there. This past winter has been extremely windy and it has been hard to find a day that the lake was calm. When I photograph from my kayak I have to take several photographs of the same subject in order to get the proper composition because I am always moving and drifting around. I also need to be very aware of my surrounding when focused on photographing because I can easily float into a overhanging trees limbs or come close to a good sized alligator lurking in the weeds nearby. In this image I would drift from left to right as I passed by this stand of cypress trees. In each attempt I keyed on getting the bow of the broken limb of the large tree perfectly framed so it did not merge with the tree or the other limbs. Getting good results while photographing from a small boat can be tiring and time consuming. There are many days that I make these trips and return home without making a single photograph. While this can be frustrating, it is all part of the process and has to be accepted.
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