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COmposition Series
Extract from the context volumes, colors and shapes by subjectively creating a new self-sufficient harmony.
Three Trees, Sunset Clouds. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Three trees and sunset clouds reflected in a Central Valley pond.
As we approach the end of 2021, here is (another) photograph from the last day of 2019, made on the last New Year’s Eve of the Before Times. It is strange to think back to the end of that year, when we certainly were well aware of challenges in our world — but when we had no idea of what was about to come. The subject of the photograph is an astounding scene of light and sky that formed late in the day. So many of these scenes are the result of coincidences that are far beyond our control — the light, the weather, the wind, where you find yourself and more. Often nothing out of the ordinary happens. But if you are there often enough, eventually you will almost certainly encounter something astounding.
As I saw this scene developing I stopped what I had been doing — photographing migratory birds — and turned my attention to the landscape. Since much of the scene was the sky itself and its reflection, the only real compositional decisions had to do with frame boundaries and what else might be in the scene. I found a place where I could get close enough to the water to fill the lower frame with reflections, then identified these trees as a potential visual focus, and I simply began making photographs as the light evolved. You may have seen another photograph from this evening that shared recently. I don’t think that there is one right way to portray such a scene, so I ended up with at least three ways of seeing it.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
An Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) was framed resting on a Pine tree branch with a gorgeous looks on offer. Nature with a subject in full attention and a sweet backdrop bokeh - all made this a very very eye pleasing composition indeed. Love the lights and the texture of the tree bark with algae on it and the expression of the Owlet in this background! Pics was taken from Sattal Forest in Uttarakhand, India.
Oregon is tough. Trees everywhere get crazy flowers on them, but the weather here is always changing. This year, we hit peak bloom on Cherry Trees and then not 2 days later, here comes a wind storm to knock off all flowers. Makes it tough. I got lucky here though. Every year the Oregon State Capitol puts these Japanese lanterns out into the Cherry Trees along the mall. This year you had be careful with how you set up the composition though, because the Capitol is under scaffolding and is not very attractive (not that its ever that attractive). That, and you have to deal with the huge crowds. I took my time finding a composition that I liked, and the second I set up my tripod, 30 people crowded around me with cell phones to grab the same image. I think I want to invent a tripod that looks like a trash can, or a vending machine, so it won't act as a magnet to everyone with a phone. Go get your own comps you comp-stompers.
I should imagine we can expect more of this type of weather this winter, with the long range forecast predicting extremes in temperatures. LIke many photographers, I love it when freshly fallen snow simplifies the main features of the landscape. Under normal circumstances, I would not have even considered this gate and fence worth photographing, but set against a blanket of snow they take on a whole different appearance. Compositionally, the inclusion of the sweep of the road above the line of the fence was a crucial one.