I just finished reading an article about exposing for the highlights, thus darkening the shadows dramatically, this reminded me of that. Not sure if you did that here. Great image!
You are a master of highlighting what needs to be highlighted and taking away what needs not to be there. Just like a good sculpture with all extra stone chipped away.
this is a scene we have all come across, time after time, but we have never interpreted it thus. absolutely brilliant Jerome.. love the fine detail in the feathers and his little feet too.. the light, ripples and reflection are just sublime..
@tskipper Me too :) Jerome, I've enjoyed catching up on your shots again. Sorry it's so few and far between! I am going to tag you in some of my shots that I took in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset's version of your mountains :) I thought you may like to take a look. I'll be posting them over several days xx
I saw this for what it was straight away, with it being an everyday sight to my eyes. how stunningly you have captured it though. @vera365 is absolutely right.
@vera365 This is a great compliment. I often doubt very much about my pictures, about everything I do... What is a picture... this question concerns me. To have only what is really necessary. The essence ... the substance... the modest, the clear... The Great Masters... their idea... reinterpretation of the timeless... keep it alive... changing it is resting...
Line, shape, light-dark, colour, space, direction, gesture... I try, discard, try... and hope...
Thank you so much, Vera.
@ukandie1 Thank you, Ukandie, for your nice comment!
The light-dark - a special theme. Rembrandt used it very purposefully to emphasize something to achieve a drama. I can emphasize the light by deliberately turning everything around. I mean, a figurative picture is also abstract.
So I can direct the eye to the bright swan, by putting everything roundly into dark tones. Sometimes it is so in the motive, sometimes you have to reinforce or attenuate, modulate the colors a bit, sharpen or soften,... And yet: it should remain convincing. It can be an endless game of it, an eternal challenge.
@helenhall Helen, I viewed the picture from the bottom up. So, I saw the reflection first. @jerome is known for taking mountain shots (not duck shots). I kept scrolling up through the reflection to the "iceberg", with feet. That's when it was a double-take. @psychographer
Had to zoom in but what a great unique shot. Ogden Nash 's poem
"Behold the duck.
It does not cluck.
A cluck it lacks.
It quacks.
It is specially fond
Of a puddle or pond.
When it dines or sups,
It bottoms ups."
I'm glad others correctly interpreted this photo. I knew it wasn't a small iceberg, but was trying to read it as a head and couldn't for the life of me figure out what.
And I thought I might be looking at a whale ... until I saw those little feet!!! It's a familiar sight in my pool most days, so shame on me for not recognizing it!
Again, no need to reply! You've been kind enough to already have looked at some of my pictures, and I'm honored that you did that! Thank you!
March 27th, 2017
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I am very happy about your pictures of Cheddar Gorge!
Line, shape, light-dark, colour, space, direction, gesture... I try, discard, try... and hope...
Thank you so much, Vera.
The light-dark - a special theme. Rembrandt used it very purposefully to emphasize something to achieve a drama. I can emphasize the light by deliberately turning everything around. I mean, a figurative picture is also abstract.
So I can direct the eye to the bright swan, by putting everything roundly into dark tones. Sometimes it is so in the motive, sometimes you have to reinforce or attenuate, modulate the colors a bit, sharpen or soften,... And yet: it should remain convincing. It can be an endless game of it, an eternal challenge.
Thank you so much vor your nice comments!
An iceberg - yes, at first sight... :) I would like to visit the Arctic once in my life, or the Antarctic...
Sometimes it has a charm to discover something anew. I am also looking for the clear and simple form. This can often be very convincing, is quickly readable and impressive.
Thanks a lot for your nice and so stimulating comments! I really appreciate this very much.
"Behold the duck.
It does not cluck.
A cluck it lacks.
It quacks.
It is specially fond
Of a puddle or pond.
When it dines or sups,
It bottoms ups."
Hartelijk dank! (Ich hoffe, das ist richtig so?)
Thank you so much for your nice comments!
Thank you very much for your nice visit!
Again, no need to reply! You've been kind enough to already have looked at some of my pictures, and I'm honored that you did that! Thank you!