Figure 1 – Next Spring’s Waterlilies, Punkatasset Pond, Concord, MA, October 12, 2020. (c) DE Wolf 2020.

Following on the themes of season changes and rebirth, Figure 1 entitled “Next Spring’s Waterlilies,” was taken in late October at Punkatasset Pond in Concord, MA. In summer the pond is a dazzle of waterlillies.  It shows the stems of last summers waterlilies bent over and back in the water presumably to enable the dropping of seeds to the bottom of the pond – rebirth. I have accentuated this theme by enhancing, not creating, the light in the center of the plants.

I have returned of late to using duo or tritones as my modus operandi for toning black and whites. Here I love the velvety chocolate effect that the process creates. To me it seems almost edible.

Canon T2i with EF 70-200 f/4L USM lens at 122 mm, ISO 800, Aperture priority AE Mode, 1/400th sec at f/7.1 with no exposure compensation.