Photo of the day - reflections
January 30th 2009 07:39
Beyond the roar of the Colorado River, a pool of silence. Discovering this hushed limestone sanctuary at Shinumo Wash in Arizona's Marble Canyon, members of a National Geographic expedition christened it Silver Grotto.
(Photo shot on assignment for "Retracing John Wesley Powell's Historic Voyage Down the Grand Canyon," May 1969, National Geographic magazine)
What makes this such a great photo?
Undoubtedly the location, the perspective, the photographer looks down from a great height, the majesty of the surroundings and the patterns in the cliff surfaces, the shape of the central image, the contrast of the small figures, the colourings and the pristine water, with not a ripple, making the reflection as in a mirror, the colourings, the loneliness, the barrenness of the location and the pale white effect of the stone surfaces, bleached by the sun or by water, perhaps? Unusual application of the rule of thirds, do you think?
The symbolism and the spirituality of the Grotto.
A peaceful, tranquil, isolated scene free of man's pollution and troubles and wars and waste, untouched it seems by human hands.
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