I can't remember if I have posted this photograph before but I thought I'd like to return to the theme of 'light on the water.'
It's where I started with this blog, and it's often where I start with photographs.
This particular photograph was taken in 2003 when we visited the USA. We managed to see a number of places in our three week tour, which took in a number of states, including Massachusetts, Maine, Florida, New York and Connecticut. This is Perkins Cove in Maine.
It reminded me of Cabot Cove in the old TV series 'Murder She Wrote.' Thankfully no one was murdered while we were there as far as I know, and Jessica Fletcher never turned up.
I think one of the reasons why I like the combination of light and water is that you get unexpected and interesting distortions of the sky, or whatever is on or beside the water. But, even more importantly, both light and water are such elemental things- the very stuff of life itself. Energy and Matter.
The fact that these two things are interchangeable (and that a very small amount of matter equates to a huge amount of energy) is something that always causes me to marvel. I pity those who see life only in terms of the material: they miss so much.
4 comments:
What a picture! Light, water, what more could you ask for in life. Their interplay has to indicate something much bigger than what we can see and reason.
Beautiful photo, Iain. Beautiful quaint place. Glad you enjoyed our country a few years back. And you even know one of our old TV shows! :-)
I am simply mad about water, have been since I was very very young. I enjoy your pictures tremendously. I like what Liz said, "Their interplay has to indicate something much bigger than what we can see and reason." Insightful!
That's a fantastic picture :)
Thanks everybody. It is not hard to take a good picture in a 'picturesque' spot - you just need to be patient to catch the light at the right moment.
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