He stands beside the water with the setting sun at his back, his pose deceptively casual. Between his hands clouds begin to gather, a roiling reflection of the sky above. In their midst a spark of sunlight ignites. It grows steadily in intensity until a golden orb burns; the wild energy of the stars compressed into miniature form. The sun sinks closer to the horizon. Glowing striations cross his face as the gathered energy is absorbed. To what use will it be put?
This is an entry into Cee’s Oddball Challenge. I took this picture a couple of years ago when visiting Whitby with my nephew. As you can see, the photograph didn’t work quite as I intended but I found it such a bizarre flaw that I couldn’t delete it! The picture also doesn’t quite fit the descriptions in the passage – his hands are in the wrong positions and the expression on his face isn’t quite what you’d expect from someone performing such an ‘energy gather’ – but I couldn’t resist linking it with a little magical, mystical scene. I hope you like it.
It may be a mistake, but it’s a darn good one!
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Thanks. 🙂 I’ve always found it quite a fascinating mistake.
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Way cool shot. I really like it 🙂
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Thank you! Sometimes mistakes can make a picture more interesting. 🙂
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What fun! I love the way this turned out.
janet
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Thank you! I’m glad you like it. 🙂
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I love those happy accidents! Nice!
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Happy accidents are the best! Thanks for liking. 🙂
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this is a cool one, I would not delete it either! I have a picture that ‘proves’ UFO’s exist (or, that I was not careful in the photo developing lab way back when you had to develop pictures)
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Sometimes mistakes make for a much more interesting photo! Thanks for visiting. 🙂
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