I’m sharing two pictures for this week’s Create2020 project entry. I’m sharing two because while they are very different they both draw me in.
With the first one I was out after a trace bit of snow and noticed the pattern on the ground and took a quick shot. It was one of those, I don’t really know if there is something here or not. I mean, it is just the ground. But I like it, and I don’t particularly know why.
This 2nd pic is obviously much more dramatic. It’s dramatic in part because I made it so with my image processing. I’m still coming to terms with my role in “making” a picture. There is part of me that wants “natural” pictures without my making it unnatural, but especially with digital photography me and my choices are a very active part of what makes for a picture. I’m not crazy about “hyper-real” pictures with all the colors and light so over -process that the pictures looks amazing and nothing like real life, I think the black and white and high contrast emphasizes strain and forces.