The challenge this week: Take photographs that exemplify either busy/chaos or still/calm, then create three side-by-side diptyches which contrast the busy and the calm. I wanted to try to have each of the dyptiches represent a single location. So I grabbed my camera and headed out to some of the places I like to go walking.
This first set of photos was taken in Irvine, at the IRWD
San Joaquin Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, located at Campus and Riperian Way. The two photos in this diptych were taken at the same location, but one focuses on the lush green marsh, the other focuses on the skyline just above the marsh. You can see the same wall in each of the photos.
On the left is "busy" - the construction behind the marsh. On the right is "calm" - the marshy area where the birds forage for bugs and crawfish.
The photos below were taken at different locations. The one on the left was taken at
Bommer Canyon Trailhead in Irvine. The one on the right was taken at the LDS Newport Beach Temple. They are similar, but so different.
The photo on the left is the "busy" one - it seems so chaotic with lines going every which direction. The one on the right also has lines, but they seem more ordered - not crossing over each other so much. It has a "calm" feeling to me, and looks like somewhere I'd like to hide out and read a book.
The final diptych photos were taken at Bommer Canyon Trailhead in Irvine:
On the left is a road that leads to old corrals (used when there were still cattle roaming these hills) and walking paths up through the hills. The composition seems "busy" to me - it hints at the activity of people coming and going. On the right is the "calm" side, a 60 degree turn to the left from the first photo. It is a serene view over the open area in front of the Saddleback Mountains.
Outtakes and Bonus Material!
There were lots of pictures leftover from this assignment - pictures of busy or still that didn't fit into a diptych, but that I really liked.
Here are some of the extras, beginning with the San Joaquin Marsh:
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| White-faced Ibis catching a crawfish |
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| Black-necked Stilt |
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Tree Swallow, claiming a nesting box
with his mate peeking out from inside. |
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| Various ducks: Male and Female Blue Winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal plus a Coot |
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| Great Egret with a few Black-necked Stilts. |
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| A view towards Newport Beach from San Joaquin Marsh |
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| Back Bay, Newport Beach, CA |
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| The angel Moroni: atop the LDS Newport Beach Temple, Bonita Canyon Road, Newport Beach, CA |
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| Opuntia Blossom: Bommer Canyon Trailhead |
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| Security System: Bommer Canyon Trailhead |
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