Mundane
I am fascinated by the juxtaposition of regular-life items and monumental scenes. So it was no surprise to me that a humble clothesline, set at the base of dramatic cliffs and under stormy skies, would have caught my eye….
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
Posted on August 24, 2014, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, abiquiu, abiquiu new mexico, black and white photography, melinda green harvey, monochrome, new mexico, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
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ooooh, nicely done!
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Thanks, Derrick. This clothesline sort of mesmerized me: I made a LOT of photos of it!
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Really nice Melinda. Looks like, after all, you only needed to take one photo of the clothesline. That does seem to often be the way with photography.
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Thanks, Ehpem. This was the first shot I took of the clothesline, too – which is frequently the way it works out, at least for me.
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That happens to me too.
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Andy Hooker and I had a conversation, via blog comments, about this. He thinks it happens because we first shoot what first caught our attention – which is probably the strongest shot. I think he’s right…
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Long live mundane, especially the way you treat it, and especially the way you treat it here.
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Thanks, Linda! What a very nice comment!
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I like this, bizarre though it is at first sight. Thanks for the mention earlier too. That first sight of something I think happens at a sub-conscious level. That ‘arresting’ moment when we first see something is because something has made a strong impact. That’s what we need to capture. It may be that we are standing in precisely the right spot, or that light suddenly had a particular quality to it. Capture it – and then move on and think what else you see. Otto von Munchow has written quite a bit on this subject – if you haven’t yet discovered him, he is well worth a read: http://munchow.wordpress.com
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It’s happened to me so many times that I have to think there’s something real about it – it’s surely not just a bunch of coincidences!
Maybe if I were a more confident photographer, I’d spot something like this clothesline, make that one shot (or maybe three, to bracket the exposures), and move on.
That’s not how I work, though!
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