I took a lot of snow pictures yesterday, and thought I would post one more of them today. Then I went down to the bottom of the driveway this morning to retrieve the newspaper, and noticed the sun shining through the Japanese maple, which had a frosting of light snow on all the branches. I started by including the sun in the photograph, and realized that the Sun became the subject. But I was feeling, instead, the blue of the sky and the brilliant white of the snow, so I moved so the sun was no longer in the frame. This was the result, and I just love the striking blue of the sky contrasted with the white of the snow. This image feels as if it is a different way of seeing the landscape for me. PLEASE click on it, to see how rich the blue color really is.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
A Blue Sky Day
I took a lot of snow pictures yesterday, and thought I would post one more of them today. Then I went down to the bottom of the driveway this morning to retrieve the newspaper, and noticed the sun shining through the Japanese maple, which had a frosting of light snow on all the branches. I started by including the sun in the photograph, and realized that the Sun became the subject. But I was feeling, instead, the blue of the sky and the brilliant white of the snow, so I moved so the sun was no longer in the frame. This was the result, and I just love the striking blue of the sky contrasted with the white of the snow. This image feels as if it is a different way of seeing the landscape for me. PLEASE click on it, to see how rich the blue color really is.
Interesting tricolor photograph. The shade of blue is what we refer to in the Carolinas as Carolina Blue.
ReplyDeleteI Love it. You know that I'd have then moved in for a close up of the very texture of the ice surrounding a branch (smile); but trust "The Kid" to remind us all of the Big Picture.
ReplyDeleteThank you both for your comments! The branch was about 6 feet above my head - I was shooting straight up at this, and using a longer focal length on my zoom, so the close up was out of reach, sorry to say.
ReplyDeleteI love the blue sky and contrast. We need something to smile about after a grey stormy day. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteJoan