The Light of Other Days by Chipka
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Description
I once read a story by Bob Shaw...it lends its title to this piece, as I thought of that story while walking past an abandoned business of some sort, today. I'd taken that time to decompress from work. The Shaw story concerns a scientific innovation known as "slow glass" and the poignant sucker-punch-ending of the story concerns...well...a window.
I thought of that as I made this shot. It's a different sort of window. There is no slow glass, no sucker-punch bit of emotion in the end. There is glass. Broken. And there is the light of sunset, which was my main reason for this shot.
As always, thank you for viewing, and commenting...there will be more to read...once my brain settles out of "work" mode.
Comments (20)
the day of other lightz? kool image
Wonderful light on this very interesting old window.:)
Beautiful shot Chipka! Broken glass, maybe broken dreams... who knows?
Great catch
I love the way you have captured the sunlight here, Chip. So many stories here, my friend - I like this a lot!
I think this is fast glass...fast to crack and fall. But such glass, rather than having been sucker-punched, was punched by some 'sucker' with little else to do but destroy. They too inherit the world they desecrate!
Love the light ... VERY nicely done, and nicely dramatic!
A really superb composition.
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
Excellent shot.
This reminds me of a Magritte painting: "The key to the fields". http://blogs.artinfo.com/secrethistoryofart/2011/01/27/inside-the-masterpiece-rene-magritte-key-to-the-fields/
Very well done. Thank you. 5+!
Such a beautiful light in this shot, Chip. Its a super shot. Hope things will ease down for you soon.
great shot
EXCELLENT WORK
I'm drawn by the shapes of the broken glass, the triangular shards being bathed in the golden light...what a great find and shot, Chip!
Slow glass seems like an intriguing concept - see Wikipedia. It would be interesting to enter this abandoned establishment and look back through the broken windows to see the vibrant streets when business was good. Customers coming and going like ghosts. The sunlight in this scene with its dark shadows is a bit like the temporal mixing of two incongruous elements like two eras in time caught in one place. But just for a moment.
Lovely work.
Another time, another place...very Black City-like.
powerful sunlight on the shatter glass. I like it for both!