Relative Something

While enjoying the scenery up at the lake last Saturday, I captured this image of some guy looking at me through his camera lens:

I like the way it turned out. A little bit mysterious. It takes a second to figure out what is going on.

And, since I am posting photos, here is an outtake from the session on the water. I really like the coloring of lake and sky, and find myself wanting to gaze upon images from this series, again and again. This one falls just short of my goal, because of the slant of the horizon. It bugs me, but the color is still appealing:

I was attempting to capture the ripples created by boat traffic. That feature also failed to come through as I had hoped. The leaf that floated into the foreground grabs attention, but it doesn’t present enough of a classic leaf outline to be a rewarding distraction. It just leaves an impression of, “what is it doing there?”

If you find yourself asking, the answer is: floating.

If the leaf could have taken a self-portrait, it probably would have, but since it wasn’t able, I took the picture.

I can’t get over the feeling that all the water is going to run out the right edge of that image, following the slant. Yet, I still discover my gaze enjoying the view. Maybe that is because I am usually seeing it at thumbnail size. The gradient of colors seems more dramatic as the image is reduced.

Don’t you agree?

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