Naturescapes ~ Portrait Oriented
Gallery of Waterfalls:
Fall pictures always offer lots of color, but a reflection doubles the beauty of the scene.
Fishermen at Sunset
The Sun in the sunset that is shining through the trees over the water, is the same sun that was casting this rusty hue on the coastling at Harrison Bay.
Water as a Subject
The star of many scenes is the water: falling, freezing, running, dripping and reflecting. I love when the light is just right, and the water is doubling my view like a giant mirror. Whether the reflective surface is smooth as glass or has texture from fish nipping at bugs on the surface, wind skating on top, or drops falling from morning dew on the leaves above. Whatever stirs the surface, it matters not, but the distortion of the reflection fascinates me. I delight in seeing the way the water seems to make light when it is actually only reflecting it. My camera loves all the reflected light, and holds for me the glory of the moment. I love the abstracts that grasses growing through the surface will cause in the reflections. Abstracts require you look a bit to see the actual image. The best pictures call you back to them.
Fenceposts, hedgerails, and decking.
Every post along an old fence, especially the corner ones suggest life and those who have lived it. In some decade somewhere, someone put a boundary around a little plot of earth they wanted to call their own, to give family and farm animals a place to belong. The texture in those posts, and the rusty wire, vines and grasses around them, mean they stayed a while. I love, love love looking down the posts and seeing them get smaller in the distance. They give a defining image of depth to any landscape painting or photo. I have a few, can't resist taking the pics when I find them.
Prinked Ink