Water Colour

 I have decided to post something abstract for today. I wonder whether you can tell what this is...

The clue is in the title.

It is not a watercolour painting, it is the colours of water, created by throwing a rock into the river and photographing the moment of impact, or the moment just after impact. I love to do this because it always throws up some interesting images and with a selective crop and little colour adjustment I think I have created a really cool abstract image. 

Each time you look at the image different things stand out, for example I can see at least three different types of animal, I can see a black faced sheep, a little yellow gecko, and a little duck chick (or maybe a little rubber duck). As the water is thrown upwards and outwards it catches the light and it looks like brush strokes.

Next time you are by the river why not try top capture something like this, you might be surprised by the results.

Rushing By

These are cropped from the same image of the river Glaslyn rushing past and over some rocks.

I have used a long exposure to slow the motion of the water and it has produced these wonderful abstract images where the water looks like hair or perhaps like brush strokes of oil on canvas.

I rather like these pictures and hope you do too.

River Lune in Abstract

Two similar abstract images today. 

As I stood on the bank of the River Lune in Kirkby Lonsdale last weekend I noticed the different patterns in the water as it moved, some places it was almost still and in others it was rushing along as it was forced between the rocks.  I have tried in these pictures to capture the motion and to me focusing on these small parts of the river it looks like brush strokes on canvas