The leaf was photographed in direct, brilliant afternoon sunlight; the weathered wood was shot at 2:17 in the morning under low-pressure sodium street lighting (and subsequently converted to black&white).
The upper image portrays graceful lines, complex and refined detail, and an unexpected beauty and abstractness derived from organic decay; the lower canvass conveys a hewn ruggedness and scalloped surfaces suggestive of a harsh environment. Both echo a sense of skyward thrusts; the Alviso offering in particular mimics a Himalayan mountain scene complete with crevasses, turbulent sky and snow-capped peak.
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Red Leaf Summit, #6641
© 2010 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: March 10, 2010; Canon 20D; f/8 @ 1/160 sec; -2/3 EV; ISO 400; 100mm.
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Alviso Wall Summit , #6452
© 2010 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: February 28, 2010; Canon 20D; f/22 @ 4 secs; -2/3 EV; ISO 100; 100mm.
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