The Empty Pier

Re-post July 2011

Last year when traveling to the Outer Banks in North Carolina I was able to get a lot of good pics.  One morning I decided to get up and drive to the Avon Pier.  I walked around the pier trying to find the best place to setup for some great sunrise shots.  I initially was standing up on a mountain of sand hoping it would give me a great vantage point but as soon as I could setup, the owner of the pier came out yelling at me telling me to get off.  She explained that they are there to help protect their structures during hurricanes, and they cost a lot of money.  After I told her what I was doing she was then nice enough to allow me to go up on the pier for few pictures.  Here is one of those pics.

Simple sunrise

I’m sure most of you noticed that I take a lot of black and white pictures.  I don’t know if it is just a “phase” or that my interests have changed.  Most recently, I’ve began shooting both RAW and black and white jpeg so that I can get an idea of what will work best.

This shot was taken at the Outer Banks.  I have both a color and black and white version but prefer the black and white.

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