I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this image right now. I tromped through a national park on Saturday, came back with sore shoulders and all manner of tick-y things crawling on me and embedding themselves, wondering if it was all worth it.
But after some work in post processing, I believe I have several more strong candidates for my SoFoBoMo book from this outing, which is huge (one strong candidate per outing is more my style, with a few also-rans). And I think this shot here is one of them. It just makes me want to sing.
So next time you walk past a babbling stream with all manner of foliage just under the surface with the sun shining strong and high down from a bright blue sky, you might want to ratchet your f/stop up and your ISO down, focus your lens on the reflections on the surface of the water and try a few handheld shots in the .6 - 1 second range to see what you get. If you're a persistent weirdo like me you might get about forty shots with this one jewel tucked within.
Everyone in the world can despise this shot, but I would still love it. It's my blog and I can crow if I want to.
Lovely photograph, hard to tell water was involved. This is a style I like to do myself - the colours and textures of moving water: reflections and refractions. Takes patience but yields some very satisfying results, if not to everyone's tastes.
ReplyDeletethat's almost exactly what we did yesterday at the black river! smarts is making a thing out of it - i usually just moon over the blurry beauties all by my lonesome.
ReplyDeleteI liked this one. When you wrote what is what, I could see it, but before it appeared more like an abstract painting to me. I like the contrast between the blue and sharp reflections, and the blurred green foliage under the surface. It's like looking into the sun, after a while you start to see things this way, in a way... :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is not to like about this? It boggles my mind that some may dislike it simply because it's not "easy'. To me, photos such as this are pictures of thoughts, states of being...a feeling in a particular moment. Or from a strictly abstract point of view...the swim of the green a blue is just so lovely. the more I think of it, the more I believe an image such as this is like a visit to a spa...a place we can out things aside and look inward...be calm, relax, and let the mind roam.
ReplyDelete" ... photos such as this are pictures of thoughts, states of being...a feeling in a particular moment."
ReplyDeleteNow doesn't that make the whole photography thing worthwhile? If you never got another comment, wouldn't that one sustain you forever? It would me.