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The RELATIVE ASPECTS of "REALITY" ~ Form, Light & Shadow

  
By:  A. Macarthur  •  last year  •  19 comments


The RELATIVE ASPECTS of "REALITY" ~ Form, Light & Shadow
 

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How many "real" Sycamore leaves are represented in this image? Consider your response carefully.

© A. Mac/A.G.


Red Box Rules

RED BOX RULES:  AN IMPORTANT REMINDER

From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …

• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,

• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).

VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.

Thanks, A. MAC


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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    last year

Hello again.

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1  devangelical  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    last year

nice composition, contrast, and use of negative space. that almost sounds like I know wtf I'm talking about, huh?

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1.1  devangelical  replied to  devangelical @1.1    last year

also, it's the weekend so please remember to vote up this article. thank you...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    last year

One?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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2  Buzz of the Orient    last year

I have very few photos with shadows, even less where shadows are at all significant.

This is a photo of shadows of dead lotus leaves in late fall on a still pond.  A year or two after I took that photo I saw an almost identical photo in an article about a professional photographer.

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Taken at a university campus nearby, a student and her parents in front of the cafeteria.  It was actually because of the shadows that I took that photo.

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Back in Canada, in a remote area of Ontario where I would sometimes spend a hippie weekend, these shadows cross a logger's road through a forest.

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And finally, a view from our smaller balcony on the morning sunrise side.

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Gsquared
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3  Gsquared    last year

Clouds - © G. Gam

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Buzz of the Orient
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3.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @3    last year

An incredibly creative concept - makes me think back about lying on my back as a kid with a friend beside me naming the figures the clouds resembled.  Joni Mitchell would have loved that image. 

 
 
 
Gsquared
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3.1.1  Gsquared  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3.1    last year

Thank you

 
 
 
Kavika
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4  Kavika     last year

This photo was taken in 1907 on the Red Lake Ojibwe Rez in Northern MN by Roland Reed. I believe that the black and white with lines and shadows is one of his best photos of which there are hundreds.

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evilone
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6  evilone    last year

A couple of images I took in late Sep of 2020...

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Buzz of the Orient
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6.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  evilone @6    last year

A very well-fed deer and an unusual angle view of a bird just taking flight (or landing?),

 
 
 
Kavika
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7  Kavika     last year

Home on the range. The ranch that surrounds Stone Creek has cattle outgrazing most days. The photo was taken by a friend and he took it through the screened lanai.

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A. Macarthur
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8  author  A. Macarthur    last year

Then there's the phenomena of FORM, SILHOUETTES, REFLECTION and SHADOW!

Each "real" in its own way, but each different in terms of the concept of "time"!

A REFLECTION is ONCE REMOVED from that which it is reflecting.

A SHADOW is the ABSENCE OF ITS SOURCE … the FORM THAT BLOCKS THE LIGHT that CASTS IT.

And the LIGHT one sees ALWAYS TAKES TIME TO GET FROM ITS SOURCE TO THE EYES OF ITS VIEWER.

Consider sunlight  for example … the  Sun is 93 million miles away, so sunlight takes  8 and 1/3 minutes  to get to us, and, additional time to get from any surface from which it's reflected to get to our eyes.

In other words …

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Surf Fisherman at sunset, Margate, New Jersey

© A. Mac/A.G.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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8.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @8    last year

Did you add that bird or was in the original photo?

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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8.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @8.1    last year

The image is comprised of three separate photographs and one digitally added component.

 
 
 
shona1
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8.2  shona1  replied to  A. Macarthur @8    last year

Arvo...and remember...

Life is full of shadows, but it is the sunshine that makes them..☀️☀️

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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8.2.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @8.2    last year

Shona, I always thought it was what was between the sun and the shadow that made the shadow.  It is the Earth that causes the eclipse of the moon - that shadow is not made by the sun.  But then if it were not for the sun, there would be no shadow.  Maybe only the shadow knows, heh heh heh.

 
 
 
Kavika
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9  Kavika     last year

An interesting sky, Stone Creek, Ocala, FL.

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A. Macarthur
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10  author  A. Macarthur    last year

Saying thank you and good night.

 
 

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