Mind games - a photo on Flickriver

Mind games

I've been thinking recently about how the camera image often shows us more than we thought we'd originally seen.
In this scene for example, I remember being captivated by the cool reflections and verdant green shades as I cycled, but I'm not sure I'd noticed the fall of the light in the trees above the bridge on the right, and the shade on the left forming a near perfect pyramid with the water line. Or perhaps subconsciously it had been noted.
We create our own realities.
When I see something and take a photo, that image is informed by my feelings, my state of mind at the time and there's a certain momentum to that, a storyline.
The photo shows a break in that momentum and tells it's own story as a scene preserved in time and space.
I later passed moored houseboats and wondered about that pace of life, the choice to live at a quieter, slower pace must surely bring subtle changes to how we perceive everything.

Thievery Corporation ~ Illumination

Taken in: UK / England / Harborough District / Lubenham (show map)

Taken on: April 8, 2024

Tags:

canal

water

nature

landscape

bridge

reflections « less

Sets appears in: • April affirmations • Nostalgia paths more » • Pathways • Springtime • Covid-19 Days • It's only water • Visions of Saṃsāra • Sound & Vision • Conversations with trees • Landscape « less

Groups appears in: • *Nature Pics* • 天空的影像-belief in the sky more » • Leicestershire Photographers • 美和藝術 Beauty and Art • Sit down, look & listen • فلكر • Lover Photo • Black Cat / Gat negre • Vision sound • Curious Interestingness « less

Camera: Canon EOS 700D, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 700D
ISO:	1600
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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