I have a . . . Thing . . . about shadows. All kinds of shadows, but mostly botanical-related shadows. When I notice them (and I notice them a lot), I usually try to “capture” them by taking a quick photo or two. I do this so often that I now have (a surprisingly big) collection of such photos; so many, in fact, that I’ve created a separate album on my phone to house all of my “shadow shots.”
I guess you could say . . . I collect shadows!
One morning earlier this week, I’d gone out back with JoJo, and I noticed some great shadows cast by the ferns on my patio. I couldn’t resist!
“The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.”
— Gregory Maguire
Enjoy the weekend, friends.
Look for shadows . . . and see what they might have to say to you.
This is the perfect time of the year for shadows… the sun is at the best angle! Have a great weekend!
And here I’ve been trying to avoid shadows when I take a picture. I never even thought to go after the shadows themselves! It’s forecast for frost and freezing here over the weekend so my growing season is about at the end. Time to cut down and clean out. I guess I’m ready but I’m sad to see summer go.
Beautiful! Have a wonderful weekend Kym.
Beautiful shadows! I love the idea of an album just for shadows.
Your Boston fern shadows are interesting indeed! I always like to see how shadows get cast through the wavy old glass in our windows and in the winter when I can actually “see” the heat waves rising from the radiators.
Oh, how fun. I’ve always noticed people’s shadows, of course, but never really objects of any kind. Your ferns, or even buildings, now that you’ve brought them to mind. I think Alfred Hitchcock must have used them quite a bit.
Love these? Did you ever do prints with that blue light-reactive paper? Your shadow photos remind me a little of those.
So crisp! I found myself staring at them longer than I would have thought. Happy weekend to you, friend.
I love shadows too, but never think to take a photo.
Beautiful photos Kym. Light and shadow is so intriguing and you have captured them in your images.
One more thing – one year my OLW was “light” and I spent some time thinking about light and shadow and how shadows can mean so many things. The first thing that often comes to people’s mind are the negative connotations but a shadow can also mean shelter and shade. Words and ideas are so fascinating.
I love your shadows and I don’t think they are something I generally think about. I’ll be looking for them!
Lovely! And inspiring!
Very cool! I’ve been noticing a different shape to the shadows … my daily 3:30 pm walks with Lucy now have the sun almost on our backs – such a change from even six weeks ago.