Meandering

Friday, January 18, 2019

A little-traveled road draws me into this photograph. If it were possible to stroll along and see where it goes, I’d move slowly. I’d pause frequently to observe rock formations and plant groupings. I’d move close to the trees to study their varieties, bark structures, branching arms, and leaf formations. Surely, a stroller making an effort to see and absorb much of what’s available would feel transported into the Heart of Nature.

This photograph perfectly reminds me of that inviting, meandering road that I found while pausing near a highway. I’d stepped from my car to breathe country air when the road caught my eye. Its attributes and curves invited a dream that’s ongoing and may someday become a reality. It this dream I leave my car and walk away toward the deliciousness of an off-road ramble. I’m filled with curiosity about what this path offers, eager for what’s within sight and beyond the curve ahead.

If I stay in this moment of examining the photo, it’s a reminder of the pictures I’ve most enjoyed. An excellent photo by planning or a lucky capture shows, or implies, a path that the eye must follow. A scene’s strength is its ability to catch and move a viewer’s eye throughout several times. Its path satisfies and generates curiosity as to content and meaning. Excellent pictures make viewers wish for more and call upon their imaginations to comprehend more fully a scene’s possibilities.

A terrific photo like excellent movies and books remains in our thoughts and implies mysteries that keep us wondering. These are impressions both shareable and discussion-worthy, they gradually have elevated photography to an art form. Genuine art draws on and generates interactivity of visual and technical skills among creators and viewers alike.

It’s an emotional trip to discover among our photos captures that by planning or accident are unforgettable and powerful in their abilities to jolt memories and create dreams.

Dear Readers, have an excellent day, Diana.