I feel like I had sex with this birdhouse. I now know it from every single angle and I'll never look at it the same way again. Today I decided to have a "familiar subject" redo with a something that doesn't move, and I've been courting this little birdhouse from afar for a couple weeks, since I started the Kat Eye course. Here was my funny little romp in the yard.
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| Well, that's a scene that turns out to be more complicated through the lens than it was from the window. Phone wire, too many objects on the bench. From what I'm learning, I took out some clutter to simplify. |
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| But it still wasn't enough. |
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| Now the cheese stands alone. Rule of thirds alone couldn't help me, though. |
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| Tried a different angle... hmm. Meh. |
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| Getting more intimate... now we're getting somewhere. |
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| Even closer.... Took about 100 of these. |
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| Let's look at it from a different angle - I usually get "stuck" or caught up in one angle, like with the little rocking chair. It took this assignment to remind me to stand up or lie down or SOMETHING. |
Which of course drew me into the bench...
Which to me turned out to be as interesting as the birdhouse. There's that wood/texture thing cropping up again. |
And while I was over there, surprise! Look at that cute miniature log pile and those nice bench lines.
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Let's try a totally different angle.. now I'm lying down in the dirt and another surprise through the lens- a lovely late afternoon light through the trees, that really evokes the feeling of this little corner of the world.
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After all of that, in the end it wasn't the bench, the house on the bench, the whole scene, or any other elements that really evoke the feeling I felt when I looked out the window at the little house. It was this tiny detail that I fell in love with, and when I look at it, I feel serene and drawn to go outside and sit on the bench:
There were so many surprises on this multi-angle journey... One new angle leading to a new detail which led to another and another... I loved it!
