Thursday, June 2, 2011

Army Navy Country Club in Bloom–Golf Course Landscape Photography

ANCC Flowers at the Gate

These photos are dated by a month or so, but I thought to share them although the blooming trees have since taken on their summer foilage.  Over the last couple of years, I have been photographing the golf course at the Arlington campus of Army Navy Country Club with the intention of highlighting the beauty of the course during different seasons.

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In addition to the blooming trees featured in these photographs, a key element for me is the sky.  In my opinion, one of the most important aspects of good landscape photography is an interesting sky.  A completely overcast sky with no texture is uninteresting.  Clear blue skies with no clouds are only slightly more interesting.  A sky featuring a variety of cloud formations always adds more interest.

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And when you don’t have an interesting sky, just eliminate it from the composition.

Blue 6

Blue 4-1

Blue 4-2

Blue 9-1

White 6-4

White 6-5

Now that summer has suddenly arrived in Washington DC with temps in the mid 90s and our legendary humidity, I am forced to be a bit more selective in choosing which days to golf.  But I will not be deterred!

Have fun, and go make some great photography.

Craig

2 comments:

  1. Great shots, Craig! Hope to see some of these in the ANCC brochure. Will be nice to see the club "in bloom" too.

    Cheers,
    John

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  2. Lovely post, I like the HDR with b&w one of the trees.

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