It was the last day of my vacation week. I was procrastinating but still trying to squeeze in a bit more photography and wanted to go somewhere new. I had never actually been to Lake Lanier, although now I have tried to drive there several times. But as it turns out, you have to pay for almost everywhere. As a rule I try to not go places that require payment, I don’t really have a good reason for this. Just never liked the idea of paying for parking or entrance fees. I like nature being enjoyed at just the cost of nature. I also get the point that places like state parks charge so they can upkeep it, which makes sense. Although maybe that should be a tax that everyone pays. I know different states handle things differently, and there are a few states that have state level parks for free. I absolutely want to travel to these places.
But Georgia is not one of these places. And paying money to go somewhere puts a certain amount of pressure, it’s not just time you’re sinking into something but there is an actual monetary cost associated with it. And as in photography there’s a good chance you could make the trip out, and walk away with no good pictures only good experience. I try to minimize the actual cash costs. Obviously this doesn’t work for everywhere, but especially when it’s just a quick trip. Overall we were here at the lake probably less than an hour. Thankfully it was early on a Sunday and not many people came to this one spot that has free parking, very small area. Honestly as this was more than a year ago, wouldn’t be surprised to find that it’s a pay to park spot now. As is every other place I’ve found at Lake Lanier.
But it was a nice little spot to visit, took some photos of the water and a few other things that interested me.
Canon T3i w/ 18-55mm - 1/1000 Sec - F4 - 18mm - ISO 100
Took a couple of shots of these floating barrels, probably there to keep boats from coming into the smaller portion of this particular spread of the lake.
I got a little closer and did another shot of these, really like the color orange and how blue the sky was with a bit of color adjustment.
Canon T3i w/ 18-55mm - 1/1600 Sec - F5 - 18mm - ISO 100
There was also a sign that I took a picture of, I liked the way the colors of the sign stood out against all the green around it. I also make it black and white, just to play around with that in photoshop.
Canon T3i w/18-55mm - 1/100 Sec - F16 - 55mm - ISO 4000
Same settings as previous picture lol, just edited in photoshop. Not the cleanest, looking back at it.
Canon T3i w/18-55mm - 1/500 Sec - F5.6 - 49mm - ISO 100
Back in the car, this was interesting with all the rocks coming to meet the water.
One last shot I did I really liked the composition of, even if I didn’t know that word back then. It was a series of 3 as these boats came passed each other. With an island in the background. I edited it into black and white for effect in the waves.
Canon T3i w/ 75-300mm - 1/500 Sec - F6.3 - 300mm - ISO 100