Friday, February 3, 2012

Sunrise Over the Bay


I have always been ambivalent about this photo. All the photographic "rules" were followed. The
horizon is not in the center of the photograph so as not to create a static impression, but it is static
anyway. The subject has been reduced to it's simplest elements - water, sky, and bird. It was taken at
dawn when the lighting was at it's peak. Still, I'm not sure I like it. For those who may not have seen
this illusion before, the objects along the horizon are actually the land on the eastern shore of the bay.
At the slight angle of view, the light reflecting off the water creates an optical illusion which makes it
look as though the far shore is floating in air. And that may be the only interesting thing that saves this image.

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