Photo Observation 8
Theme: Spring
Spring is representational of many different things to many different people. For me, spring is quite indicative of a form of resurrection, of new life being breathed into the earth. This is the time when everything that had died away during the fall and winter managed to repair itself. This photo was taken by the lake at the foot of Bear Mountain and there is something about the way in which the sunlight brushes over the greenery and glistens over the water that really brings this concept of rebirth right to the forefront. The rebirth of the green plants and flowers during the springtime is synonymous with the season and the way in which the rays of light radiating from the sun appear to lightly bathe the surrounding greenery almost creates a sense that the plants have been awakened, this is the dawning of a new time in the year, all that had died is now alive again and the dismal and empty atmosphere of the fall and winter is now undone. It almost brings to mind how a newborn baby may see the world for the very first time, everything may seem bright and full of wonder/mystery. The way in which the sunlight presented itself here also serves to convey that we have reached the point right before the summer let’s its warmth be felt. We are on the staircase to summer and we are ascending quickly but we just aren’t quite there yet. The earth has been allowed to spread its very green wings again as spring rears it’s head, and the countdown to summer has begun!
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