SkeenaValleyGirl
Order in Chaos
Submitted for Active Assignment Weekly: Chaos
RATIONALE: I can't pretend to understand chaos theory in any 'deep' way, but I think part of its essence is that there is a predictable element to everything - even seemingly chaotic events and phenomenon. Apparently one of the early applications of chaos theory was in weather forecasting. Given the limited number of variables that can reasonably be known or assumed, weather prediction can, at best, extend several days - no longer. This sand scape is, to me, predictable in some ways. I know the water will ebb and flow over the beach and create similar scapes endlessly, yet there is an aspect of chaos when one tries to actually think they might be able to predict or MAP how the sand scape will look or change over time. Anyway, this is my somewhat chaotic thinking around chaos theory and this is my entry for this week.
WIT: A walk to the river bank with camera as usual. I took several sand shots. The patterns were quite beautiful. The sun was shining in the late afternoon, and although there was some nice slanted side light, when I looked at the shots, they were quite washed out (no pun intended), so the post processing includes highlighting a bit and adding lots of shadow. When I tried to sharpen, it all fell apart - so no sharpening.
Order in Chaos
Submitted for Active Assignment Weekly: Chaos
RATIONALE: I can't pretend to understand chaos theory in any 'deep' way, but I think part of its essence is that there is a predictable element to everything - even seemingly chaotic events and phenomenon. Apparently one of the early applications of chaos theory was in weather forecasting. Given the limited number of variables that can reasonably be known or assumed, weather prediction can, at best, extend several days - no longer. This sand scape is, to me, predictable in some ways. I know the water will ebb and flow over the beach and create similar scapes endlessly, yet there is an aspect of chaos when one tries to actually think they might be able to predict or MAP how the sand scape will look or change over time. Anyway, this is my somewhat chaotic thinking around chaos theory and this is my entry for this week.
WIT: A walk to the river bank with camera as usual. I took several sand shots. The patterns were quite beautiful. The sun was shining in the late afternoon, and although there was some nice slanted side light, when I looked at the shots, they were quite washed out (no pun intended), so the post processing includes highlighting a bit and adding lots of shadow. When I tried to sharpen, it all fell apart - so no sharpening.