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video clip : head on, the
fall has a striking shape that makes it look like an emblem. The
effect is stronger if you climb down to match your eye level with
the middle of the fall and then to the middle of a study.
I scrambled down the rocks and worked from a
ledge. All I heard was the sound of water.
Oil studies
Made on bright, overcast days in summer with
the fall in medium spate with clear water showing a big range of
coloured whites and greys. This study records colours recurring
over several visits:
making the painting :
- past half way to completion
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photography: A set of
spot-metered photos were taken, some for light areas, some for
dark. Human eyes quickly adapt as we look from dark to light, but a
single photo has only a single exposure; so several exposures are
needed to account for the appearance of a scene with contrasting
areas of brightness like this one.
Different exposure times were also used to
give options for painting the range of sharp or blurred passages of
water that we experience.
For
visual effects of water at different speeds click here.
working on ash leaves
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