If there is an overriding presence of anything in the parks that make up my 'Twin Jewels Project', it is water. Lots of water. Creeks, rivers, lakes, waterfalls....you name it. Nothing on a grand scale, mind you, but one of the purposes of the project is to depict the beauty that can be found in these parks, independent of their scale and without trying to make a comparison to what can be found elsewhere.
"Veils"Copyright Howard Grill
This waterfall really caught my eye. One of the nice things about photographing without anything clearly demarcating scale, is that the subject is removed from it's context. To me this has all the beauty and elegance of a twenty or thirty foot falls, even though, in reality, it is really quite small. I guess that is one part of what this project is all about....showing that there is beauty all around us that need not be on a 'grand' scale.
2 comments:
I understand this completely Howard. I know providing a 'sense of scale' is part of the the traditional ways to improve photographs, but only if it is necessary to communicate scale I think. Not just as an automatic rule.
Small waterways are great for exploration aren't they?
This is a stunning photograph Howard - and scale isn't entirely necessary... How big is beautiful? The blurring you've caught is lovely, and after having had a bit of trouble taking even one 'suitable' shot of waterways - I really appreciate your skill!
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