Figure 1 – Abstract #2 – Earth, sky, and water, Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2015.

After my weekend in Ohio, it was good to get back to Cambridge and the Fresh Pond Reservation. I took this image at Black’s Nook. It is an Abstract derived not of man-made items but from natural ones. What struck me was the beauty of the clouds and the powder-blue sky reflected in the water of the pond. If you look closely you will see some delicate reds in the clouds.

The branches provide a minimalist division of the space and my eye struggles to find details like the peeling bark on the branches.
Water and sky are mirrors of one another and at first glance you might ask whether we are looking at branches silhouetted against the sky or against the sky reflected in the water. But if you look very closely you will see the phantom shadows of fish beneath the water and multiple bubbles causing little bright specters of the sun on the surface. So the little mystery is solved.
Can T2i with EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens at 145 mm, ISO 1600 Aperture Priority AE mode 1/1250th sec at f/8.0 with no exposure compensation.