Lines
Welcome back! I’m really stretching the concept of a “regular blog” here, it’s almost 2 months since the last one. I really struggled during this period. I went out a lot, but very little gelled. So there’s only a few here, and they are more “experimental” than anything. After pulling this bunch together I realized it’s about “lines”.
First up: we got a late winter blast of snow from Colorado, a good 10-15cms, and the result was fairly hard dense snow…hard enough for a fox to make his way across it without sinking in, no doubt making some rabbits ill at ease. The early morning light helps emphasize the shadows and tell the story of its passing the night before:
Not long after, I was struck by how regular the shadows were in this random patch of forest:
That snow has since melted. Recently on a windy, sleety day, I found myself near train tracks, and everything from the boxcars to the wires to the sleet lent their lines to the scene:
The next I’ll show twice because I shot it with colour in mind…the green train complements the yellow grass…but the black and white has got the lines:
The black and white also, I believe, does a better job of sending the eye to the distant oncoming train.
Finally, a little study of the compass structure at the top of “garbage hill”, our local landfill that became a park. It’s unusual to see it so clean. Half a step higher and the city is revealed, and it’s not that appealing. But on its own I thought maybe it could be interesting.
Again I’ll show two versions, this time the rationale was reversed: I shot with black and white in mind, because of the contrast between organic and inorganic structures; but I kind of like the orange grass vs blue-grey clouds, and there may be more texture in the colour clouds:
That does it for now. I am really looking forward to Spring. The bugs are squirming in the moss, the birds are already returning and building nests, the buds are swelling at the branch tips. So until next time, be well!
