Figure 1 – Foam on the surface of a brook, Audubon Society’s Broadmoor Wildlife Refuge, South Natick, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2018.
Figure 1 is another image that I took this weekend at the Audubon Society’s Broadmoor Wildlife Refuge in South Natick, MA. It is one of those moments that reveals the symmetry that underlies nature and shows foam on the surface of a brook revealing the surface waves that along with gravity are defining its motion. This was the quintessential bubbling brook. It was dark and cast in shadows, something immediately calming, and I loved the linear patterns, the geometric aspect of the moment.
I had thought not to add a quote here, but then I found this one which just like the little brook drew my attention and gave me pause.
“There’s a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.”
Dan Harmon
Canon T2i with EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens at 130 mm, ISO 1600, Aperture Priority AE Mode, 1/1600 th sec at f/7.1 with -1 exposure compensation.
I think Dan Harmon was casting aspersions on babbling people, and this is a great illustration for his image. More importantly, it is an amazing and fabulously composed piece of art.