Trent Abstracts (January 2020)

The following selection of photographs were taken whilst walking along the River Trent at Fiskerton, see my previous post.

The recent rain had swollen the river flooding some of the river bank trees. This provided an opportunity for some abstract style images using the tangle of branches and their reflections as subjects. These are not elegant images but I enjoyed the complexity of the scenes. 

In some cases the images only look abstract from the thumbnails and then it is obvious what has been photographed at full size. In this way, some of images may be described as close-up photography rather than abstract. I make this point only because it is possible to look at the images in two different ways: either simply, as reflected branches in the water, or alternatively as a study of complex lines, patterns, shapes, tones etc. I prefer the latter interpretation but, as ever, it is the viewer's choice:

This image provides some context to the above shots and shows the extent of the river swell. It was taken on a separate occasion, almost a month later, but the situation was very similar. The only change appears to be that some clearing of the bank had taken place with many of the trees and branches, featuring in the latter images above, had now been cut and piled for disposal.