As regular readers will know, I discovered the photographic possibilities of driftwood during a bike ride on the Napier New Zealand beach. At first it started as an exercise to see if I could discover composition in driftwood, and it soon became much more. I have a great many photos of driftwood. Keep in mind that neither me or Linda touched these rocks or wood. This is how I found them, and if someone else left the rocks in an interesting pattern, that's my good fortune.
Today you'll see a selection of photos where driftwood and rocks are together in what I think is an interesting way. You might think differently, and that's fine. It probably isn't driftwood against a background of rocks, but rather something more intimate. All these are from various beaches between Sooke and Port Renfrew on west Vancouver Island. These specific photos have not been blogged, but there may be other similar photos you've seen.
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This still sort of fits the theme, though it's a shell, not a rock.
Peony
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The Green Fools Theatre class taking their bows. I remember this being taken in what is low light for this camera, trying hard to hold it steady at a fairly slow shutter speed.
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Some random waterfall on some random trip.
And in a surprise serendipity visit, the star of the blog, Curtis! I really thought I'd blogged all my photos of him, but I guess it shows my tagging skills have gaps. I don't think I'm going to hear any complaints.
What a wonderful shot of Curtis. I'm glad you found it. I confess I'm not quite an enamoured of driftwood as you are, so most of these images don't make a huge impact on me. The ones that I like best are those with a more graphic feel - e.g. #12, 24 and 34. It's weird how different things appeal to different people, isn't it? But I guess that's just one of the reasons photography's such an absorbing pastime.
ReplyDeleteWonderful cat's eyes image. And now for the rock and root collections. Having a large set helps us get a sense of what catches your eye. As a set it comes across as a set of explorations / experiments. In terms of “finished” images you may (or may not 😊 ) want to ask yourself the following questions. When the image gets flattened to a photo, what is the minimum amount of information this image needs? When placing items close to a border is the implied tension wanted or not? Does the subject have enough or too much space? Cheers, Sean
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