Monday, January 27, 2025

A Solitary Figure


The other day I stopped to look at this scene with my camera because I love the perspective as the sidewalk and trees get smaller as they get closer to the vanishing point.  The person in the photograph on that day was smaller and walking away from me, and before I could get a shot they turned the corner and disappeared.  I took a picture after they were gone, and it wasn't interesting at all.  Then I realized that a small, solitary figure in a landscape can be so powerful and make such a huge difference.  Today this person was not as far away when I first saw them, and they were walking toward me.  Perfect!  So I took this shot and a few more as they got closer.  The first one when they were smaller was the best!


After I did that photograph I kept walking toward the person and realized that I wanted a comparison photograph, so I turned around and went back to near where I was, and did this photograph.  Look how empty the landscape seems without a small figure in it!  What a lesson all of this has been!  You can click on each one of these and see more detail, if you like.



 

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