16 AUGUST 2020:

Silk Mountain


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Today's post has a surreal look. Photographed quite locally on the South Downs during a recent family trek this is a silk scarf my daughter was playing with, dropping it over herself.

Obviously I have a few typical family photo album snaps from this moment, but seeing how the scarf occasionally formed mountain-like shapes, her hands and head underneath forming ridges and valleys, I couldn't help wanting to see if I could catch something a little more artistic. With that scenic panorama behind I thought there was a chance a cool photo might come from it.

I liked the textures of the silk against sky with its interesting clouds, and by composing centrally I'm hoping the scarf becomes more dominant and stronger and consequently feels even more odd / out of place / not natural to the scene. I'm hoping that despite it being front and center it isn't immediately obvious that the 'mountain' is a silk scarf, revealing its true self only when one gives the image more than just a glance... a little reward for spending a little time with the photo.



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