Heritage Pond, Sageville, Iowa
I knew I had a chance for an image when I went to Dubuque this morning and layers of fog penetrated the Little Maquoketa River Valley. I stopped at Heritage Pond, located half way between our home and the city. The sun gained power and the fog started lifting and while I tried to capture the moments of constantly changing fog patterns, I turned around and saw the development of a so called “fogbow”. It is also called a “White Rainbow”, but coming from a country where assembled words rule, ‘fogbow’ is a perfect word for my humble attempts to describe the miracles of nature in English language.
While I don’t do any ‘tinkering’ with my wildlife photos I try to romance the landscapes I see and like you to see them the same way I had in my mind while taking the photo. What does that mean? Well, I removed any trash, like a paper napkin, from my image. I also took the freedom to remove a couple cars that were just parked in the ‘wrong place’ (seen from a strictly photography point of view). I admit, having an out-house in the center of the photo is still not a flattering statement, and it would be easy to make it disappear, but it doesn’t really distract from the story telling about the fogbow and location. And that’s why I left it in my picture. Sure, the version that goes to National Geographic is without the out-house… just kidding…. 😊