For those that don’t know, Seattle is on one side of Lake Washington and Kirkland is on the other.  Kirkland has a small harbor and even smaller beach where kids and dogs paddle in summer.  As we have had some really lovely weather lately the sun brought out the crowds to check out the water front.

There’s a park area to lie out in the sun, a large gazebo to find some shade and benches along the water front to watch the boats and children play.

I set up the tripod under the gazebo and using a long lens captured the shot below.  The lens created great compression, making the Seattle skyline across the lake appear much closer and captured the people on the bench enjoying the water.

This image below was actually my second attempt.  In the first one there was an elderly couple sitting on the bench holding hands, and while in silhouette they looked great, I made a composition blunder and had the water horizon crossing their necks (that made it look like their heads were cut off).  After realizing my mistake I set up again but the older couple had left and were replaced with a younger couple and a dude with one leg (he actually had two legs but it looks like one is missing).

Oh well, next time I’ll get it right first time. 🙂

When I got home the Halo guys were watching Glee with Abi, immediately after the show they ran for their pink iPod and Hello Kitty headphones so they could hear more songs and sing along.