Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
We were having lunch at The Depot in Cold Spring, when I suddently noticed these shadows on the umbrellas above our heads. I’ve always like the patterns that shadows make – they seem to me to be somehow mysterious.
Taken in Law Park, Briarcliff Manor, NY. It’s actually the underside of a slide in a children’s playground (see below). I didn’t see it as such, however. To me it was a pleasing color (I always find purple to be rather calming), with a series of interesting lines (both straight and curved) weaving through it. I think the softly curving lines work well with the color to emphasize the feeling of tranquility. If they had been jagged the overall effect would have been somewhat jarring.
Taken with a Sony NEX 5N and Ludwig 50mm f2.9 Peronar.
Our last snow fall came after a period of abnormally warm weather so the ground was quite warm. This meant that initially the snow stuck mostly on the grassy/mossy areas rather than on the paved areas. From this arose these interesting snow patterns. As the snow continued I imagine the paved areas cooled down and eventually the snow was sticking to them too and everything became white.
Another take on the “Big Sky” statue – this time in black and white. I think I prefer this version to the color version posted earlier (see Big Sky detail). It’s somewhat more abstract and ambiguous – it’s not immediately obvious what it is.
This was taken almost a year ago (January 29, 2016) in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY. I liked the varied tones and it’s almost abstract feel. Although I wasn’t conscious of it at the time, I was probably influenced by seeing similar (but much better) photographs by (I suspect) Minor White and/or Brett Weston.