Thursday, June 12, 2008

Light and Composition


"Set of Keys"

Here's another example of an amazing masterpiece of design:
maple keys.
It's easy to step on them, sweep them up and throw them away without really looking closely and thinking about how incredible this little piece of creation is.
They can fly, spin and plant themselves! I never noticed (until this past spring) that when maple keys first come off the trees, they have such beautiful shades of colors.
I experimented with these, not only with the magnifying glass to get close-up shots, but also by using natural light at different times of the day. The composition can also be manipulated. Note how some of the maple keys are in a jumbled pile, but others can be put in a row or on different backgrounds to get different effects.

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