This is a picture from August 2013, more than eight months ago. It was an idyllic morning at the cabin, not a wave in sight and over 25 degrees Celsius at 7am. So I took Kael for an early morning swim and photo session, leaving Eva to watch and mildly complain from the deck. Even though this is a little of an insult to Eva, the old girl Kael needed some alone swimming time.
That morning was ideal, and I captured some of my favourite lake pictures of my old girl. I took this picture looking for something a bit different from my usual dock jumping shots, playing on the long lines of the dock. However, I did not come back to do the processing on it until yesterday, over four months since Kael passed away. My first few tweaks included a crop, local exposure and sharpening, then warming up the tones a bit to match how I remembered the light that morning.
But as it turns out, I must be missing my old girl and feeling a little melancholy as the above picture didn’t match how I was feeling during the processing. So a trip onto monochrome matched my processing mood much better. It seems to have a sense of mystery and sadness, but I like it just the same. Surprising how different the two versions are.
