Quote of the day: “Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” ― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad
Reflections of Trees – with kk_kristin texture
Today I played with combining Kim Klassen’s texture kk_kristin with water photos. I have been drawn to photographing water in my recent photo shoots. Reflections,ripples, light, and movement create watercolors of ever-changing beauty.
Simplicity. Beauty. Light. Color. I love playing with these elements. Sometimes I find a texture that complements the beauty of a photo. Sometimes all I do is complicate a photo by adding texture. Knowing when and how much and which texture to add is an art that takes lots of practice.
Today’s texture challenge from Kim Klassen Cafe to use a single texture, kk_kristin, was a welcome restriction. By limiting my texture play to a single texture, I learned how to anticipate how the texture would affect my photo, whether to add more layers of texture, a warming filter or a cooling filter.
Where can you use limitation to increase your learning or to simplify?
Dancing Light on Medicine Lake
Gulls Flying Over the Lake
Trumpeter Swans on Medicine Lake
Lakeside View
Reflections
Marsh View from Foot Bridge
Linking today with Kim Klassen’s “Texture Tuesday”
4 Comments
Pat · November 20, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Such lovely captures!
Marilyn · November 20, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Thank you Pat!
Currie Silver · November 22, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Glorious. I, too, love to play with water, reflections, and the deep wondrous unknown that water seems to inspire. Thank you for this generous post and all the grace you’ve shared. It is lovely.
Marilyn · November 22, 2012 at 4:10 pm
I love how you express “the deep wondrous unknown” of water. Yes, it does inspire wonder and a sense of grace.