What Can You See?
04th September 2020
Lockdown restrictions mean that aside from essential exercise, most things are off limits. This has allowed more time to experiment with elements of photography which up to this point have proved either fleeting or of little real interest. A lecture at our camera club by Mike Curry has been the motivation for some of these experiments, and in a previous post highlighted how there is often something to be seen in the most abstract of situations.
The "Double Take" gallery is an example of this. Images taken at the riverside from the bank, in various conditions, and with appropriate light can throw up some amazing patterns within nature, which can never be repeated. The particular moment in time, flow or breaking of the water, the light and its angle on the surface of the water combine at a moment to present something unique. Taken (without directly looking at the light as this would damage the eyes) pointing the camera at the direct area of light, in manual mode, two to three stops underexposed to account for the bright light, the trees on the bank breaking up the surface in abstract streaks, produce an outcome which is unplanned and unexpected.
The rest is up to the imagination. What can you see within the image? For example, when I looked at the raw file of the above image, I thought it looked like a half of a cheetah's facial contours. I copied the original image, rotated horizontally and pasted the two halves together to produce the final image. However, upside down it looks completely different and a visitor who saw it on the wall in the study commented it could be Darth Vader. We all see things differently......What can you see?
The "Double Take" gallery is an example of this. Images taken at the riverside from the bank, in various conditions, and with appropriate light can throw up some amazing patterns within nature, which can never be repeated. The particular moment in time, flow or breaking of the water, the light and its angle on the surface of the water combine at a moment to present something unique. Taken (without directly looking at the light as this would damage the eyes) pointing the camera at the direct area of light, in manual mode, two to three stops underexposed to account for the bright light, the trees on the bank breaking up the surface in abstract streaks, produce an outcome which is unplanned and unexpected.
The rest is up to the imagination. What can you see within the image? For example, when I looked at the raw file of the above image, I thought it looked like a half of a cheetah's facial contours. I copied the original image, rotated horizontally and pasted the two halves together to produce the final image. However, upside down it looks completely different and a visitor who saw it on the wall in the study commented it could be Darth Vader. We all see things differently......What can you see?