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perspectives
I’m often struck at how your attitude to a person or a situation can be coloured by the humour you are in. That can be influenced by so many things, including the simple biological problem of not having enough fuel in the body. This train of thought was triggered a few days ago when I was tramping through the woods, under grey skies, and intermittent rain. I’m not a fan of ashen clouds and drizzle, but here I am in Ireland, where we get a lot of it. It’s not the best light for taking photographs, so there is a tendency to resent it. Yet, if that’s what I have,…
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november woods, filtered
I took this photograph in the woods this evening, of the lowering sun filtered through trees. Then I filtered the photo and added a frame that lent it an older look. As the image changed on my computer screen I analysed the feelings it evoked, and eventually it synched with an emotional response I wanted to express. It reminds me how we change events after we experience them: we add in more hue and contrast or bump up the warmth. Our memories are refined in the re-telling. Details are zoomed upon and unsightly ugliness cropped out. Finally, we create the perfect capsule moment. This is what we show to others.…