My week of shadows has come to a close. I was disappointed that my camera would not pick up the shadows cast by the moon last night, but it doesn't have a bulb setting where I can keep the shutter open long enough. But this afternoon I noticed the shadows cast across the far wall in the room where our computer makes its home and realized it created an interesting image.
I am not sure why shadows are so intriguing, but they are. Maybe it is the way they interact with light, or that without light they wouldn't really exist. It could be that shadows fascinate us by their ambivalence. They can hide evil or protect one from harm. They can entertain or frighten. We've all had a shadow give us a scare, but we've also scrunched up our fist, stuck out two fingers and made a playful shadow bunny hop across the wall. Shadows, when seen through the lens of a camera can spark creativity or ruin a shot; it all depends on the photographer's goal. But when you are in search of them to be your next subject, you begin to see beauty in each one- shades of gray, interesting shapes, the interplay with light or texture, and how what you see every day is transformed in the world of shadows.
Since today's Label 4 April word was "reflection", I decided to take some artistic license and manufacture my own reflection in two ways- photograph and prose.
@pandorasecho Thanks Dixie- and thanks for sharing your poem! It fits very well with some of the shadows I've seen this week- but thankfully more were just the lovely and fascinating type. (o:
@henrir Thank you Henri! It was actually very easy to pull off by using the mirror image frame. Thank you so much for the fav! It means so much! @bkbinthecity Thanks Brian! @alia_801 Thanks Alia!
I hadn't really intended to do the Label 4 April word today but when I went to frame the shot, I saw the Mirror Image frame and applied it just to see what it would look like. It really gave the shot a WOW factor!
Nice reflections and tones! I was wondering if you're the Ann LeFevre that was the runner-up in the Photokonnexion Easter Challenge? If you are, congrats!
Wonderful shot and post. I appreciate your reflections on shadows. I love the too- especially since starting this project. Love the lines and patterns here and think its great that you found them at home!
@carolinedreams Thank you Caroline!
SHADOWS
By Dixie Miller
shadows dance
twisting - entwining - flickering
THAT ONE
IT"S AN ARM
no
a hand
A CLAW
help!
it's grabbing at me
oh please
no
go away
that shadow
it's a heart
pulsing
beating
trying to pull me in
MOMMA
MAAAA MAAAA
THE LIGHT FLASHES ON
the shadows run
scurrying
under my bed
waiting
to get me.
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia!
I hadn't really intended to do the Label 4 April word today but when I went to frame the shot, I saw the Mirror Image frame and applied it just to see what it would look like. It really gave the shot a WOW factor!
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
@jesperani Thank you Jennifer!
@pflaume Thank you Lisa!
@prttblues Thanks Bev!