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Will S., Sarah P., tiabunna, Steve Bucknell and 10 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 William Sutherland
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Superb winter shot! Stay well!

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3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks, William.
3 years ago.
 rdhinmn
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Intricate lines, but the scene is all too familiar. We went for a walk today, much of it in the read, to avoid patches of ice on the sidewalks. More is predicted for tonight - rain, ice, snow, in that order. Sigh.
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
Is that part of the current infamous Colorado low, Bob? We have much the same forecast for tomorrow. Brace yourself.
3 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Not surprised you felt the urge to capture this 'ordered entanglement', John!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Andy Rodker club
As I\ mentioned to Jean, ANdy, it immediately caught my eye.
3 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Fine shadow play there John
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Xata club
Thanks, Xata.
3 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Beautifully composed with all the branches !
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks, Ulrich.
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Lovely light and interesting shadows John.............I love the contrasting tangled branches, which stand out nicely against the snowy background.
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. I may go prowling there again.
3 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
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There are drawings by Mondrian of where he gradually distils the natural tree forms into blocks, horizontals and vertical lines: I think there’s that sense here. you could easily take a ruler and make an interesting grid-like pattern in this scene. It’s as if your picked out those city lines and grids in the natural world. Mondrian was looking for something spiritual, the essence of things as we interact with them. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons that pushes us to go out photographing the world.
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
An interesting observation, Steve. It may be that the schools of painting that have developed since the invention of photography are distinguished chiefly by the degree to which they're prepared to abstract an essence of some sort -- the neo-plasticists all the way, the cubists not so far, for example. A Canadian painter, York Wilson, travelled the complete length of the route over his career. Over the years he emphasized the geometric aspects of his subjects more and more until he ended up doing pure geometric art. This page has a fair sample of his work from different periods:
www.artnet.com/artists/ronald-york-wilson/3

There are certainly photographs that demonstrate that this is in fact one of the reasons photographers take photographs. A related reason would be to demonstrate the complexity of the real world, a complexity we often overlook. Either way the photographer is saying there is more here than you think.

There is a site, www.photoquotes.com, which has compiled a large collection of quotations by well-known photographers about photography. Many say that photography teaches you to see.

So thanks for the idea. So much professional criticism of photography seems to be based on not looking at the photograph that real ideas are highly refreshing.
3 years ago.
 tiabunna
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An interesting interplay of shapes and shadows, helped by the snowy background, John.
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to tiabunna club
Thanks, George. Snow has some uses, I guess, besides propping up the snow shovel industry.
3 years ago.

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