Wrapping up the fall pictures from Christianshavn, I decided to do all of them in black and white. Pick your favorite, color or not…
Fall, Black/White, 2012
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Fall 9, Copenhagen 2012
Every once in a while I try black/white. I don’t know… I like the muted colors. I feel I’m missing a dimension here.
Fall 8, Copenhagen 2012
Another faded flower… I find the contrast of city vs. nature interesting. It seems to give more of an edge than pictures taken in the wild.
Fall 7, Copenhagen 2012
Are the muted colours and the subtle details not at least as beautiful as the flowers in bloom?
Fall 6, Copenhagen 2012
Roses turn to seeds turn to roses turn to… Each phase has its own unique beauty.
Fall 5, Copenhagen 2012
Getting caught up in documenting the traces of fall I realized something. I like less-than-perfect much better perfect. Just like a perfect singing voice can be infinately boring. Decay in any form brings out a much more interesting personality than pure beauty.
Fall 4, Copenhagen 2012
Camera in hand and the sun hidden behind clouds I revisited the places on Christianshavn I had shot in August.
Fall 3, Copenhagen 2012
On this mild October morning I had an hour to spend on Christianshavn before the start of my mindfulness class. It was a grey day though no rain to threaten my camera. I don’t know where the idea came from to photograph what came after the lovely flowers, but I got so caught up I was almost late for class.
Fall 2, Copenhagen 2012
Two months earlier it looked like this:
Fall 1, Copenhagen 2012
Remember the gorgous hollyhocks from Christianshavn? Such as this one…
Well, they look a little different in late fall.
The interesting question to me is: How does this make you feel? My first reaction was a melancholic feeling of sadness. But try to look at it a little closer. Once I detached from the idea that flowers need to be colorfull and in bloom I began seeing this as truly beautiful. Less flashy, to be sure, but no less beautiful.
Karins Fotos 