[Merged wings and reflections]
From the series Surface, Submerge.
© Karen McRae, 2013
reflections
equilibrium
© Karen McRae, 2013
listen
It’s not just what you see but also what you hear. This water moving in the cold of winter, it is not soundless. There is music here.
Photographs of surface reflections on moving water from the series Surface, Submerge.
© Karen McRae, 2013
Incidental Exposures
The days seem intermediary. Frosted only at the edges. The autumn colours have faded – to sepia – to grey – to misty blues.
But for some reason these are colours I can sink into. Literally.
There have been a few times when I thought my boots might be lodged permanently in the clay bottom of the creek. But so far I’ve managed each time to wrestle myself out on to solid ground. When your mind is absorbed in one thing, you may not notice that your feet are being absorbed by another…
Each of these images is an in-camera double exposure. Layers of light and shadow on a rippling surface.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Autumnal Tones
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© Karen McRae, 2012
Tangled
Tangled limbs dancing on the gently moving water.
This is very much what it actually looked like through the lens.
The colours are from yesterdays restless clouds and light, the silty bottom of the creek, and the branches and leaves reflected and simmering under the surface. The only post-processing I have done is a bit of cropping and slight level adjustments. And perhaps turning some things on their heads…
Today the leaves are mostly stripped bare and the trees are being thoroughly dampened.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Water Play
These are simply more surface reflections of the fall foliage. They made me think of the calico patterns of chintz. Like a little throwback to summer.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Nebulous
Photographs that are combined and altered slightly. The short and long views. Reflections. Windows. Ghosts of trees.
I’m giving away the story…is it better not to?
All images © Karen McRae
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