24th Feb 2006
Reflection
I took this image a few days ago whilst walking along the rivers edge. The reflection caught my eye, however it wasnt until I got home and looked the the picture properly that I noticed that there was also a plane trail that had been caught on the waters surface, giving the image a strong, abstract focal point. I also like how the water fades to a dark colour at the bottom of the picture.
I went to school, college and uni with john and its nice to see his work, its also strange how people interpret images differently, i have discussed this one with john and thought it worth a mention here, so here goes, this image of the reflection is as stated by john a reflection of a plane trail but i interpreted it in 2 other ways, i saw firstly it being the suns rays hitting an oily film on the surface of the water or secondly that it may have been the reflection of a cloud lit by the sun from behind, both very sensible interpretaions but totally wrong from the actuallity of the image, does this make my interpretations wrong? or are we all entitled to perceive an image in our own way? Maybe this is something John himself would like to explore a little more and may even write an article on the subject or even open a discussion on this image or future images to see the way other people interpret his photography, whichever way it goes, keep up the interesting work John.
Regards
Mark Beaton