Two Faces WC 589

Hi Jim,

I like lichens, and I'm also likin' the cotrast between the three forms of water; two evident, those being liquid and solid water, and the third invisible but we know it's there.

I love the lack of focus that permeates this image, and especially the two faces; one in the ice and one peering down at the drop of water about to fall. Oddly enough, I've been thinking about the whole concept of focus and sharpness lately.

You know, it's as if we think that things are somehow inherently sharply in focus, but when we start to look into it, it is then we realize that the whole concept of focus and sharpness involves a lens of some sort; ostensibly in a camera, but definitely in our own eyes at a bare minimum; the camera of our eyes and perception and cognition of which the machines we use are but extensions.

What I see in your image is something like the origins of consciousness; that face in the ice looking back at its origins a a drip, and then perhaps realizing that that which is conscious of the drip was indeed once itself the drip in another iteration, another cycle.

Then I find myself asking what is "acceptably sharp focus" and how if we enlarge any image enough we find blurriness ultimately, and how it's all just a matter of degree, not a qualitative distinction.

Water, after all, is the key to life here on planet Earth; in all its three common forms, and before that, where it came from. Within that drop about to fall I see the entire history of life on earth, through the imagined eyes of the snowman.

Jim, I like the overall scene of the water drop against the green with the lichen over it. I do wish it was just a bit sharper. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting comp with these four contrasting sections/elements, and I like the placement of the solitary drop Jim.
Great WC post

Note to all: I wish it were a LOT sharper, not just a bit...

Nice catch with the face in the snow and a different face in the drop. I don't have to work very hard to find a third (more reptillian) face in the stone at the top. Well seen.

I like the comp you have pulled together from all these various elements. The snow, moss, bark, and fungi all somewhat direct one's attention to the falling water drop. However, a crop from the right may be helpful, especially since some of the snow in the top right is blown out. Nice capture of the water drop as it is about to fall. Yes, it could be sharper but I think the drop and its perch are the sharpest of all and that is where the focus should be.