16 May 2019

Butte and Clouds at Fort Robinson, May 16, 2019


Clouds over a butte near Cherry Creek Pond in Fort Robinson State Park, May 2019. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

A composition on a flat plane, cut in the middle. This breaks the rule that says you can't have a real or implied line in the middle and the rule that says you have to have something in the foreground to go with something in the background. I feel like the ultimate rebel, and this would get an F in any decent photography course.

I liked the mirror effect created by the similar shapes of the clouds and butte. With the cloud positioned directly above the butte, the effect is magnified, and I find my eye jumping between the two objects, finding new details to match and compare. It's interesting to play with an arrangement that's a little less traditional.