Thursday’s Task

[John Holbrook]

Thursday’s Task: Twice as nice! The second visit to location yields better images.

My examples below:
First visit to Custer State Park, SD October 2016

Second visit to Custer State Park, SD October 2022

 

[Trent Watts]

Your challenge eluded me this week John. After looking through lots of pics it was hard to find some that fit your suggestion.
I came up with two images from the same location a few months apart.

A runner in the fog and snow on a railway bridge in Saskatoon on November 5, 2019.

Same bridge from the opposite end looking at a sunrise January 16, 2020.

 

[John Holbrook]

Your challenge eluded me this week John. After looking through lots of pics it was hard to find some that fit your suggestion.
I came up with two images from the same location a few months apart.

A runner in the fog and snow on a railway bridge in Saskatoon on November 5, 2019.
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Same bridge from the opposite end looking at a sunrise January 16, 2020.
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Trent, thank you for your participation in this Task—I like your “Twice as Nice” snowy bridge sunrise. Good capture!

 

[Ken Rennie]

I often revisit the same location. Firstly bluebells

It was another year before the bluebells were in bloom and I persuaded my wife to act as unpaid model. I also changed my position slightly to show more of the beech tree trunks.

6 days later better light and another go with a tweaked location and change of wardrobe.

We still go back most years to walk in the woods.

Derwentwater and temperature inversions. I am not sure if the images get any better, they are just different
Nov 2012

Nov 2015

Nov 2022

 

[AlanLichty]

When I visited the Antelope Canyons in 2010 I went to the gathering spot for the photography tour and was advised to go to the lower canyon and ask to split my visit, go spend a few hours in the lower canyon, come back for the photo tour of the upper canyon with good light shafts, and then go back and spend the afternoon in the lower canyon again. I had no clue what to expect as photo subjects go and this first shot is from the morning session in the lower canyon:

By the time I got back in the early afternoon I had a better idea of what was there and took this image:

Far more recently I heard about a neat little venue for waterfalls along a trail following Sweet Creek near Florence Oregon. On my first visit I didn't know much about the place and especially what time of day to visit. First visit:

After more visits I learned to come early (drive there in the dark) and when to best time fall leaves:

 

[John Holbrook]

I often revisit the same location. Firstly bluebells
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It was another year before the bluebells were in bloom and I persuaded my wife to act as unpaid model. I also changed my position slightly to show more of the beech tree trunks.
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6 days later better light and another go with a tweaked location and change of wardrobe.
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We still go back most years to walk in the woods.

Derwentwater and temperature inversions. I am not sure if the images get any better, they are just different
Nov 2012
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Nov 2015
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Nov 2022
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Ken, beautiful images all––and you have a patient and willing "unpaid" model to assist you in your images. I especially love the Derwentwater captures you've shared––it's difficult to choose a favorite among them!

 

[John Holbrook]

When I visited the Antelope Canyons in 2010 I went to the gathering spot for the photography tour and was advised to go to the lower canyon and ask to split my visit, go spend a few hours in the lower canyon, come back for the photo tour of the upper canyon with good light shafts, and then go back and spend the afternoon in the lower canyon again. I had no clue what to expect as photo subjects go and this first shot is from the morning session in the lower canyon:

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By the time I got back in the early afternoon I had a better idea of what was there and took this image:

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Far more recently I heard about a neat little venue for waterfalls along a trail following Sweet Creek near Florence Oregon. On my first visit I didn't know much about the place and especially what time of day to visit. First visit:

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After more visits I learned to come early (drive there in the dark) and when to best time fall leaves:

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Alan, informative stories for you beautiful images––the Antelope Canyon images certainly benefited from the second visit, but if I had not seen the subsequent one I couldn't imagine a "better" version. I also love both of your Sweet Creek images as well and the accompanying story too.

 

[Kyle Jones]

1) Half Dome from Sentinel Bridge: Original visit

Recent visit

2) Bowling Ball Beach 1st visit

2nd Visit (better light, water too low)

3rd visit

1) Castle Mountain Winter 1st visit

2nd visit (knew to look for reflections in a side stream)

 

[John Holbrook]

Kyle, these images you’ve shared just keep better with each visit, and at Bowling Ball Beach––thrice as nice! The Castle Mountain “twice as nice” duo is my favorite––the second image is outstanding with its well-planned reflection.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This was a tough one, John. I have already thrown away many of the first images I have taken at various locations because they were not as good as later opportunities. But I did find some for the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The first time I was there the Temblor mountains in the background had few blooms. As a result, I worked the small patches of flowers in the valley.

Here is a landscape image of Munz's Tidy Tips and Phacelia. Notice the nearly flowerless Temblor mountains in the background. This was in 2010.

Here is a close-up I made.

Nine years later there was a super bloom.

The Temblor Range is covered with Coreopsis and Phacelia.

Coreopsis, Fiddlenecks and the Temblor Range in the distance

 

[John Holbrook]

This was a tough one, John. I have already thrown away many of the first images I have taken at various locations because they were not as good as later opportunities. But I did find some for the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The first time I was there the Temblor mountains in the background had few blooms. As a result, I worked the small patches of flowers in the valley.

Here is a landscape image of Munz's Tidy Tips and Phacelia. Notice the nearly flowerless Temblor mountains in the background. This was in 2010.

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Here is a close-up I made.

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Nine years later there was a super bloom.

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The Temblor Range is covered with Coreopsis and Phacelia.

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Coreopsis, Fiddlenecks and the Temblor Range in the distance
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Doug, what a difference in the landscapes displayed during the intervening years––lush landscapes you've captured and shared with us––all I can is "Wow!"

 

[dan swiger]

Garapatta Stacks

Dutch Elm, Yosemite

 

[John Holbrook]

Garapatta Stacks
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Dutch Elm, Yosemite

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Thank you Dan, definitely “twice as nice” examples—but your first images in each example are also beautiful and well-captured. If I had to choose a favorite—it might be the second Dutch Elm capture—nice composition.

 

[dan swiger]

1) Half Dome from Sentinel Bridge: Original visit
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Recent visit
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2) Bowling Ball Beach 1st visit
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2nd Visit (better light, water too low)
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3rd visit
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1) Castle Mountain Winter 1st visit
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2nd visit (knew to look for reflections in a side stream)
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That last Bowling Ball Beach is the best. I've visited twice, but were uplanned (relative to tides) Hope to change that