By Scott Shephard
As I recall, the temperature on this windless afternoon on Lake Oahe in South Dakota was somewhere around 90F. Some might say this could be Hell. For me, of course, floating comfortably in the middle of the lake on our sailboat Wandering Star with Deb keeping me company, this could easily have been Paradise.
Because it was so hot and because the fish weren't biting, there weren't other boats out on this particular afternoon. With our motor turned off, the silence was palpable and overwhelming.
Can you hear and feel it in this photo?
Canon 5DIII 1/320s f/18.0 ISO320 16mm
Getting an interesting photo is often about being at the right place at the right time. Sometimes, as with this photo, it’s about getting to the right place at the right time.
I have to wonder if the person who mowed this lawn used GPS to get the lines so perfectly straight and perpendicular?