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<\/a><\/p>\nThis photo, entitled “Magical Morning”, was taken at Tyresta National Park in Sweden.<\/p>\n
The first thing that jumped out at me was the serenity that this photo conveys.\u00a0 The mist on the water hides any ripples that would convey energy while allowing the reflections of the clouds and trees to come through with good clarity.\u00a0 The gradations in the tone are nice and smooth, which definitely adds to the feeling of witnessing a serene morning sunrise.\u00a0 As the scene appears to be backlit, that makes the gradations of tone (not to mention the great exposure) all the more impressive.\u00a0 While I’m not a fan of placing the horizon in the center of the frame (something I have been guilty of more than once in the past), here the mist blurs the horizon enough to make one have to imagine it’s there.\u00a0\u00a0In turn, the mist also\u00a0makes\u00a0obvious\u00a0where the water meets the land.\u00a0 While this helps the viewer see where the reflection begins, it does\u00a0put a damper on\u00a0what would have been the appearance of the land floating in the air.\u00a0 In terms of composition all three\u00a0elements\u00a0(land, water, and air) are in good balance, with\u00a0all three competing for, but none winning, attention.\u00a0\u00a0The symmetry of the land and its reflection are almost insignificant when\u00a0the photo is taken\u00a0 as a whole.<\/p>\n
All in all this\u00a0is one of the best entries in\u00a0this year’s “Folios”\u00a0edition of Silvershotz.\u00a0 <\/em>The tones and mist definitely convey a sense of serenity and calm, enough so that the location of this scene is the very last thing I thought of when I looked at this photo.<\/p>\n