Cox Creek at Orchard Beach in Pasadena, Maryland
As
I often do following my dentist appointment, (since it's located near
an area which has lots of water), I did some more exploration around
Orchard Beach in Pasadena MD, and found this waterfront housing
community with a long boardwalk where Cox Creek intersects the Patapsco River.
Unless
you live there, you're not really permitted access and unauthorized
vehicles are subject to be towed away, but I found one visitor parking
space next to the water and walked down the hill to see what was what. I
was surprised to find a long boardwalk between the housing and the water.
The
"walk" was made of synthetic boards with a tight chain railing fastened
to the many pilings along the bulkhead. Lampposts and benches were
conveniently located along the walk. I explored the entire waterfront.
At one end (toward the power plant), I could see across the water to
an area I had already explored previously on several occasions.
I
was also surprised to find a yellow substance had collected on the
surface of the water which I finally ascertained was accumulated pollen
and abounds heavily this time of year.
Aside from observing a
couple of evidently retired fellows attending to their residences and
two other couples on the walk, I had no interference during my
waterfront excursion. I didn't find much that I wanted to photograph
but I captured some flying gulls and an osprey. At the other end of the
"walk" I captured some waterfowl sitting on the remnants of a one time
pier, now with only the decaying pilings remaining. I also took a
couple of photos of the pollen floating on the water, thinking it may be
used as a texture for other photos in my collection.
Not that
it would make an interesting shot but since I wasn't wasting film with
the DSLR, I captured a boat speeding near by and tried to frame it
against a more interesting backdrop of a penisula jetting out into the
Patapsco that also had a nice home residing there.
Perhaps in
early morning or late evening when hopefully the lampposts are
illuminated, there may be further photo opportunities with birds,
sunrise, or sunset but getting access would be likely improbable during those periods.
If
you're wondering, yes, I cloned the majority of the water which was out
of sync because of the cha cha method. I didn't try to be too accurate
about it.
Cha cha, Nikon D600, Zoom lens, PS-CS6, ACR, SPM, IrfanView.
Cheers,
Brian
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