Bird Man is photograph I took one sunny day on an early spring morning in knee deep snow at Komoka Provincial Park. I had gotten off the main trails in the park and was following the course of a creek into a secluded valley hidden amongst the pine trees when I came across a section of the creek where new spring growth was coming up in crystal clear water. Taking advantage of the crystal-like clearness of the water I set my focus to the surface in order to use it as an extra lens. After a series of shots in which the image continually changed and evolved due to the water flow, Bird Man emerged.
I find it fascinating how magical water can be when used as an artistic medium. Water not only reflects it also appears to retain a long-term memory of what it has reflected and at any given moment too recall it under the proper conditions. It's almost as if water absorbs a piece or essence of whatever it has observed and reproduces those reflections as a form of communication for future viewers who are observant enough to notice.
Very poetic explanation and I agree with every word. I sometimes think of the sea as an old overcoat which cradles the earth.
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ReplyDeleteI like your metaphor for the sea. It never occurred to me to think of the sea that way.