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zeuszenComment by zeuszen: > e301: thanks for your interest, e.
Thought processes? Thought, with me, usually starts after after the fact. Until then, the capture remains a kind of esoteric document, fit for study.
In this case, I had stumbled upon this brand new public waterfront facility, all swept clean and still relatively bare of people. What had struck me first, was the visual surreality created by the overtly neo-classicistic architecture combined with such eery vacancy. Since everything here was new and clean, textural and structural details felt emphasized with deliberate intent. Neither was I sure (at the time) whether the fountains were intended to spew or trickle (as they do in the photo). I thought, the trickling effect was very pretty and novel too, as a spectacle.
I positioned myself centrally on top of the stairs leading to the terrace and decided to wait for someone or something to walk, drift or fly into the picture. I knew I wanted a 'hard and true', full dof shot, dictated by the setting and the diffuse brightness of time and weather. Consequently, I used no filter, switched to Landscape mode and kept prefocusing, looking through the viewfinder with both eyes open. As is often the case with muses and miracles, they come when they come, and usually have a will of their own :-).
I 'chose' the 'soignee', mainly because he was there.
When I reviewed the shot, I thought of Neo (in the movie), 'neo' as pre-fix, the nature of coincidence and predisposition and noted with gratitude that the folds on the jacket and trousers were still discernible.
On the way home, I found myself pondering the epochal relevance of urban design in light of our dependency on visual stimuli.
:-)
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