There is something about rainy days that makes them special. Not only because with water life renovates itself, plants get their vital nourishment and the circle of life continues. It's also because I like watching the rain falling from the sky, creating a pattern against the trees and moisturizing the soil. I like to smell that distinctive fragrance of moss and wet grass that fills the air, and to listen to the sound of the drops falling on the leaves and creating little rivulets of water.
I decide to enjoy a moment in the garden, despite the rain, and soon I find myself exploring the plants through the eye of my telephoto. I concentrate on our maple tree, on its new spring leaves of a wonderful red color. Rain drops create interesting patterns and decorations like natural jewels, and the light plays with them, coming through. It's incredible what you can get if you look close, if you take time to explore, if you search...
What's hitting me most is the juxtaposition of the two complimentary colours red and green, each making the other look even more vivid (with varieties of hue in each shot from pink to red). Then, the composition on all except the second is lovely as you've taken what could have been a random group of branches and framed them into something quite meaningful. Really nice - thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Kim. Yes, I am very happy with the color contrast, really striking, especially in two or three shots. I played a little in "discovering" the leaves, as when in a forest you look for the way and moving a branch a clearing opens in front of you, so – even in the second one – I tried to isolate a group or a single leaf concentrating the focus in that area; and under this aspect using the telephoto really did the job.
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