Anatomy of a Composition - what lies beneath

One of winter’s beauty is the way it masks the world and softens its features. What in one season has detail and rigid boundaries, in winter exhibits depth and mystery as both the light and temperature shifts, and the world becomes more defused.

Every landscape can enjoy this metamorphosis, but it feels that the woods and water are transformed the most. Simple paths take on a new challenge while rivers and streams not only their color but their form. In warmer seasons, the water is translucent and the action bubbly, roiling and in the most circumstances inviting and playful.

Winter turns water dark and still - whether in its frozen state or trapped under its own blanket of snow - water’s knowledge is far more elusive, secretive and can turn in an instant into a dangerous foe. While our nature might be to probe this darkness to seek clarity, the action should to be measured and gentle as it’s often difficult to interpret the boundaries. If we do pass that boundary, there may be a delay between the time it takes to recognize the incursion and when we’re able to react.

In the this space that we can accept what is either a consequence or an opportunity - we can either sink or swim. Depth does not have to suffocate, it can envelop and comfort. What lies beneath will reveal that truth.

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what lies beneath - Sony a7iv & Sony FE 24-70 GM-II - ISO 100 | F/7.1 | 1/6 sec. ~ 24mm