Crawling for a Drink
It's been hard to find motivation to photograph the Bay Area these days when most of the places I've explored a number of times. Willie and I have been trying to find new scenes to photograph, especially as our interests have shifted. When we both purchased drones in November, it opened new doors.
We've been flying the drones over the Salt Ponds for almost 2 months now and it's been exciting to see how the salt ponds change over time. As the water drains from the ponds everything changes. These particular ponds are started to get new colors as the water dries up and only certain algae can survive.
This particular night was supposed to have a nice sunset and I wanted something a little different -- particularly I was hoping for a red sky that would reflect back on the ponds and in the remaining streams. Although we only got a sliver of nice light, the hexagonal salt formations that now exist, thanks to the ponds having more time to dry, made for some nice compositions.
DJI Mavic Pro 2 w/Hasselblad L1D-20c:
10.26mm, f/4.5, 1/240 sec, ISO 100