Waterfall

Waterfall
Originally uploaded by srtists13

DIGITAL

Taken: 2/18/2008
Part of series: ABSTRACTIONS

In New Jersey there is a relatively small lake that lies within the property lines of the quaint historical village of Batsto. The waters of this river flow beneath a small bridge that overlooks a quite beautiful horizon (when the conditions are right, of course). Here is where you'll find a small man made waterfall most likely generated to reduce the chance of flooding or the redirection of water. Anyways, I was attempting to lean over and capture an image of the underside of the bridge when, through the lens-piece i say this image pop out before me, and with that my ABSTRACTIONS series was conceived.

My goal for this photograph was to eliminate the focal point and replace it with a focal plane. Rather than a specific point being the main area of interest the curving water acts as an expansive area of interest. When one squints the large areas of color and relatively similar values offer this image to take the appearance of a painting more than a photograph. Displaying it horizontally attributes a landscape effect to it, creating an image of rolling hills and a sky.