Weekend Reflections: Shards

This sculpture, Shards, by Jan R. Martin stands in Beutter Park, Mishawaka, IN.

It is situated in a water race, and the reflections in the mirror surfaces are constantly changing with the seasons and time of day. Against a clear bright sky, parts of it appear to melt into the blue, to become transparent as crystal.The lower blocks reflect the swirling water, and the water in turn reflects the sculpture.

It's kind of a head trip if you look at it too long.




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Shadow Shots: All That Remains

These shadow patterns and paving textures caught my eye. The original photo included the plants and walkway, but I found the more I cropped it the better I liked it. Sometimes less is more.

P.S. I re-cropped this goose one from last week (taken at the same park) and I like it better now, too.

This is why I do these memes - to experiment and learn. Thanks again, Tracy, for hosting Shadow Shot Sunday!


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Shadows and Shine

Beutter Park in Mishawaka Indiana now stands on the site of the recently demolished Ball Band/Uniroyal factory. The former Superfund site is now a little gem of a place, home to summer concerts and gardens, with a terraced river race running through it.

The fence design bordering the race includes mirror-surfaced fish, lizards, and turtles, which makes for a school of reflected-light figures on the pavement on one side and lacy shadow-schools on the other. Here a Canada goose goes strolling among them, casting a shadow of his own.



I took these around 2 pm, in that harsh daylight they tell you never to use. It wasn't great for anything else, but it did create some nice, inky shadows. There's a mirrored sculpture there called Shards that I'll be revisiting on a better day with the better camera.



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Shadow Shots: Making Tracks

A young deer romps in the long, evening shadows cast by wind-sculpted snow.

It's been a while since we've seen deer, so it was a treat when the herd came to call. This little guy was quite the trouble maker, chasing and pawing at his elders.

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