This photo was taken by my wife, Sharon, while we were in Alaska.   It most accurately reflects this weeks assignment because  I have overlooked  this type of photography in the past and now it intrigues me very much.    I have watched her take many photographs of clouds and it wasn't until a couple years ago that I saw some similar work done by Art Wolfe, where he incorporated landscape and clouds giving the pictures a moody and mysterious feel.   


If I were to reshoot this I would try and wait until the clouds cleared a little bit more on the mountains on the right in the background.   I think it would give it a little more dynamic.


Is there a similar theme that runs through all of our images?   I would have to say yes.......it would have to be snow!    Even in Bryce Canyon, Death Valley and the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado!


Why did I choose this scene?
I like the clouds and the blue sky, the low morning sun with repeating shadows, people in the photo for scale and I liked the zig-zag boardwalk running off into infinity.  


What prompted me to pick up the camera & squeeze the shutter?
A class assignment that forced me to use a lens I very rarely use.    Also when I saw the people walking down the boardwalk I felt it would be a good composition.


What did I see after I looked?
The shadows on the left, I didn't see them before.   I was too busy getting the people before they got out of sight.   


How did I shoot the scene?
I shot it hand held, 12mm wide angle lens,  iso 100;   f7.1    shutter priority 1/400   partial metering- adobe RGB    I focused on the 4th post on the right      auto white balance      as is, no cropping