There's creativity, and there's genius

I fancy myself creative. I am in some respects, with writing, for example. With problem solving. Somewhat with photo composition. Here is a photo I snapped as I drove down a rural driveway, I was proud that I had noticed this composition of birds as a pleasing one, and that I had my camera ready to capture it. That's two-thirds of the battle, noticing surroundings and being prepared. The third part is, of course, execution.

Then I thought I was so clever to do an inverse and make the composition look spooky:

I was satisfied with the picture and I still am. But there's creativity and there's genius. This is what photographer Evan Leavitt did with his vultures pic:

The piece is called "Omen" and it is located at Flickr here. It is from his set called "Rural Pop" and the set is here. Wow! I love it. I love being inspired by the creativity of others who are at levels of skill so far beyond me! Thanks for sharing your photos Evan. I appreciate it!

It's a long weeeeeeekend!

It is glorious weather outside today. I awoke refreshed and ready for...something. I believe I will drive the rural parts of the county (it's all rural, but some is more rural than others) and seek photographic opportunities. There is one man who flabbergasts me and inspires me: Evan Leavitt. He is local (somewhere nearby) and occasionally snaps pictures in Madison County where I am. Look at these:




























I think these are gorgeous. It is fun to see how Evan composes his shots especially when I am familiar with the original scene, sometimes seeing them every day because I live here.

I haven't decided about whether to leap into HDR and Photomatix post-processing as Evan does, but the Threlkeld store photo, his vs mine, do show me I have a long way to go in learning how to compose a scene better.





























If you would like to see more of Evan's work it is here.

More of my work will be here later. Have a great weekend everyone!