Week 3

I took this photograph last summer here on campus. What I loved so much about this find was the mixture of nature and industry. The starkness of the steal and the high contrast it creates is very interesting as it meets the late autumn leaves. The rusty amber of the leaves against the grays and blacks creates a very earthy, yet dim palette. Yet, this moment is still full of light. The patches of sun that filter through the trees of Aldridge Park that shine upon this spot add to the contrast and also create a sense of revealing. In the shadows of this location there is a spottiness to the revealing that is truly beautiful in a place where the elements have the potential to read as dirty and dark. Altogether, this is very beautiful to me: the contrast and mixture of elements in an optimistic lighting of filtered sunshine.