ARCHIVE 197 – DARK, BROODING GIANT

 

 

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 A misty early morning along Chasey’s Drove, on Common Moor, just north of Glastonbury, on the Somerset Levels; 10 Aug 2003.

I have an ongoing love affair with the big, bold, black silhouettes of trees.  I probably find them very powerfully graphic, I don’t know, but I do know that they never cease punching me right in the eye – I can’t get enough of them – as witness some of the Mendip Hills posts. 

I like this one particularly – the tree’s black bulk rises just about on the left vertical third and to the right of its vast trunk is a glimpse of misty, early morning countryside which, compared to this brooding, masterful giant, is insignificant, blurry backdrop, a pale contextual glimmer.

Tripod-mounted OM-4 with 85mm-250mm Zuiko; Fuji Velvia 50 colour slide, rated at 64 ISO.

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