Clips and pins

I feel this abstract image has the qualities of a woodblock print  but it began life as a photo of my wife’s pin box!

Grasses and ferns

I was attracted by the contrasts between the grasses and the ferns  –  the juxtaposed shapes, textures, patterns and the freshness of the different shades of green.

 

Sunlight on a New Forest stream (2)

 

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 See also  Sunlight on New Forest stream (1)

A quiet smile

This portrait was one of a series that included an earlier post, A private moment.  In each case there is an enigmatic quality about the sitter’s expression

 

With this image I experimented to discover whether moving the face within the frame affects the viewer’s interpretation of the smile.  Obviously, the captions below are purely personal suggestions.

 

1     Leaving friends following an amusing incidwnt

 

2     ‘I’ll close my eyes and you hide’.

 

3     Secretly watching from an upper window as her child plays happily with playmates.

‘It isn’t raining rain, you know … ‘

 

The rain had ceased and the raindrops on the window pane were backlit by the late afternoon sun.  I captured the image and transferred it to the computer.  On the screen the image became something quite different.  I saw not raindrops but a mass of faceless people gathered together for an outdoor meeting  –  perhaps a peace rally or something similar.  It is a quiet gathering.  (You may find it helpful to half close your eyes!)

Out of curiosity, I reversed the colours and was intrigued to note how the mood had changed.  It now became more noisy and boisterous;  an angry scene, more aggressive  –  perhaps a political protest or passionate supporters at a major sports event..

 

Fireworks display in the Forest

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Seville gate and patio

Abstract 201 ‘I got rhythm’

 

Sunlight on a New Forest stream (1)

The Spring sunlight filtering through the trees created attractive abstract patterns on the gently flowing shallow stream.

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A private moment

Been fishin’

 

Photo 1345

 

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Perhaps an explanation of the title would be helpful.  The first post on this blog was posted on 9 May 2011.  So, today is the third anniversary and I have posted 1344 photos during these three years  –  hence today is number 1345.  The photo on that first day was of wild flowers in Ibiza.  It seems fitting to mark the occasion with a picture from the same series.

The statistics from WordPress indicate that there have been more than 44000 views and it is an opportune time thank those of you who ‘drop in’  –  whether regularly or from time to time.  I hope that you will continue to enjoy what you find here.  Thank you.

 

Forest abstract

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Many viewers (perhaps most!) will see this picture as a representation of chaos  –  or, less politely, as ‘rubbish’!

I like it’!

The subject comprises dead leaves and grasses, with signs of new growth breaking through.  It was a small area just ahead of me as I walked through the New Forest.

But it is not the subject matter that attracts me, it is the way in which various pictorial elements  –  line, colour harmony, shape, texture, balance etc  –  combine to create a natural abstract.  The rhythms of the contrasting lines guide the eye through the ‘canvas’.  I also like the ‘feel’ of the image  –  my instinctive, non-analytical response.

The picture is ‘as taken’, except for a touch of saturation.

Pebble Patterns 3

The patterns and textures in the panel below are derived from pebbles found on the beach. See also https://lagill6.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/introducing-pebbles-patterns-and-textures/

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Stairwell with shadows