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Inverted Perspective

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Looking down to look up toward the sky by way of reflections on water.

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I like the similarities and the difference between the two images. They were, in fact, reflecting the same overhead view, just from different distances.

That break in the clouds never materialized yesterday. It wasn’t non-stop rain all day, but it was gray, damp, and cloudy enough to squelch motivation for outdoor adventures. Having Delilah up here this trip forced some walks outside which led us to the bridge where I captured these images.

Here are the un-cropped versions that reveal how I achieved the two different depths of focus:

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This morning appears to be picking up where yesterday left off, in terms of cloudy sky and potential for rain. I am very curious to find out how much of the precipitation of the last two days has also fallen on our Wintervale property. Reviewing the radar images leaves some questions because of the spotty coverage of rain.

Here’s hoping our parched land received a respectable dose of the moisture because it was sorely needed.

We are heading home today, so we will soon find out. Happy to have gloomy weather for our departure. It is always a lot harder to leave the lake place when the weather is gorgeous on a Sunday.

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Written by johnwhays

August 8, 2021 at 8:12 am

Aqueous Abstractions

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I’ve collected a backlog of full-frame images presenting varying states of water recently, starting a few weeks ago during my bike trip, up through this past weekend at the lake. I present them today in the order they were captured.

I hope you can linger long enough to maximize the mesmerizing effect of the abstract aqueous distractions.

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Pool Shots

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I’ve been wrestling with a couple of images I captured of the swimming pool at the beach house in Guatemala, in search of a crop that pleases me most. There is no right answer, and I labor over the multitude of possibilities. I had in mind that I might use them for a “Words on Images” creation, but there is not much solid background available in the first one, and the pattern is too wonderful to interrupt in the second one. I have settled on presenting them as images only, for your viewing pleasure.

Do you prefer one more than the other?

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Written by johnwhays

April 30, 2015 at 6:00 am