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The San Jacinto Wildlife Area is a state-owned parcel of seemingly barren land in the San Jacinto valley of western Riverside County, California. It hosts a remarkable number of bird species, especially in winter. Many are attracted to the pond systems, largely created with wastewater from nearby cities. These scenes show fall-colored willow trees along one of dikes between two such ponds. The images were technical challenges because of the sharp tonal gradation between the bright sky and the dark water. I used a polarizing filter and (for the right picture) a graded split neutral-density filter that darkened the sky and helped even the exposure across the frame. Other pictures of scenery at the Wildlife Area can be found here. |
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