Gone Fishing!

The depression that came over Westport yesterday continues and we have very dark skies and constant rain. I decided I had raided the archives enough recently and despite the "lack of light " I would go and get a new picture for today. Many photographers myself included talk about good light and bad light or on a day like today we would say there was "no light". But I believe you can make photographs in any kind of light you just have to choose your subject carefully. I decided today I would do a water picture and would use the lack of light to show movement. I went to Lough Furnace where there is a waterfall, but I was unable to get safe access to the waterfall so I will go back another time with company. Anyway I had a little wander through some woodland to the lackshore and came upon this little stone jetty. I imagined the photo in my head and went back to the car for the camera and tripod.When I was a youth I did a lot of fishing and when I found the jetty I thought it would make a great place to fish. It was raining and so when I took the tripod from the car I also took an umbrella and I really felt like I was going fishing, I remember wasting many an hour sat under an umbrella waiting for the fish to bite! For this photograph I used a very slow shutter speed of about two and a half minutes, well 151.7seconds to be exact!. This has resulted in the water becomming very smooth and the reeds bluring with the jetty and rocks remain still. I enjoyed taking it for all kinds of reasons.