Playing (?) on the theme of 'another rock, another tree', I shot the image very much with the title in mind. In fact, the title existed before I even got into the car to face the mountain drive.
As some may know, I find the motivation for landscape
photography rather difficult to grasp, mainly because
I can't really see beyond it as a setting, a backdrop. Beyond that, it always seems to me to end up merely a matter of editing/framing bits of what's there rather than offering the possibility of making something new that didn't exist before I thought about making it happen. In other words, to me, it could only be something
new if it (landscape) was distorted in some way that made it removed somewhat from its natural reality.
There's a photographer in America who does absolutely stunning work with landscape and old rural buildings in black/white. He used to be a frequent poster on this site and I know that I offended him in the past with my views on the genre, and looking at his site again some months ago, I realised that he was doing something very creative indeed, and I told him so. Unfortunately, my memory for names sucked even in my youth, but I think Russ and Eric probably remember the name of whom I am thinking.
Anyway, this is perhaps as far from 'reality' as it (or I) can go and still be palpably about something.
Rob C
P.S. Found him!
http://www.chuckkimmerle.com/Well worth another peek.