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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