The first is simply a tiny segment of one of the innumerable local becalmed salt ponds. The featureless water combined with the natural compression of long telephoto optics yields an unexpectedly flat, nearly monochromatic canvass. This playful mark of frazzled stragglers against the empty expanse calls to mind (and was inspired by) some of the work of Harry Callahan.
The second submission was taken from many tripod-based shots depicting, for the most part, the indifferent, seen-it-before calm of the neighborhood pigeon gang in the face of imminent danger in the form of onrushing trains. Subtle symmetries provide a compositional undercurrent: a trio of defiant birds echo the ostensibly hypnotic triple-eyed monster's rapid approach; the water's edge nicely parallels the track vectors; the rolling hills' curved slopes mimic the train tracks' bed.
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Untitled (Alviso Abstract), #4297
© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: February 9, 2011; Canon 20D; f/8 @ 1/1000 sec; —1/3 EV; ISO 400; 390mm.
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Express Flight, #4281
© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: February 9, 2011; Canon 20D; f/25 @ 1/8 sec; —1/3 EV; ISO 400; 300mm.
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