tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379183529674078299.post8737172933578905845..comments2020-12-16T17:42:01.667-05:00Comments on Lynn Freeny Fine Art Images: More Cades Cove in the RainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379183529674078299.post-57016664383437829082009-11-05T16:19:15.408-05:002009-11-05T16:19:15.408-05:00I think this and your Rain in Cades Cove are excit...I think this and your <i>Rain in Cades Cove</i> are exciting because the natural forms are presented somewhat out of context (compare <i>Rain in Cades Cove</i> to <i>Ducks in Pond at Pellissippi State</i>). This makes them just enough non-representational to allow the viewer to see the underlying design of nature without the distraction of a narrative meaning. You can marvel at the pattern of concentric circles and the battle for dominance between reflection vs. refraction because you are not saying “Ah, cute duckies!”. (Not that I have anything against ducks; They’re delicious.)<br /><br />Sometimes we marvel at a photo that makes us feel like we are there. But I think it’s just as exciting to see photographs that isolate reality, as these do, in a way human eyes can’t and therefor show us something that we would probably be unaware of if we were there (i.e. in a rainy forest). These are the kinds of photos where non-photographers shake their heads at the insane person taking the picture but then are overwhelmed when they see the end result. It takes a kind of super awareness of your surroundings to see what others walk past.<br /><br />I hope you take many more photos like these.<br /><br />Michael<br />intertek@one.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com