Nature in the raw and successful photographic art thereof stir mindful interest as well as emotions in the human heart. I’ve come to understand that the physical world has inherent visual rhythms. Each in its own right and in concert will affect my image making process and in turn the viewing experience of those who love and appreciate beauty rendered as works of art.
These rhythms include such things as repetition of the same feature, similar albeit alternate attention grabbers which guide the viewers interest, subtle progression of a detail from large to small when viewed with perspective in mind, and notable sights or components of subject matter that undulate up and down or weave left to right.
In the split second it takes to capture the image below, my subconscious heart-mind connection—years in the making—takes over. Camera exposure settings freeze the wake waves created by the energy of a fast-moving boat several hundred yards offshore, as the swells lap gently onto the secluded beach. Whether viewed as a first hand real world or deferred pictorial experience, the rhythmic pattern focuses attention as it progresses along the undulating shoreline. Not to be outdone in visual interest, leaf litter flotsam deposited in days past gives the eye an alternate route to the serenity created and enhanced by the repetition of strong vertical and horizontal lines that define the background strip of beach and tree stand.
© Ilija Lukić 2023
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