Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Pontius Palette

This Musta Been Where He Washed His Hands

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

This could have been a film sequence from ` Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’, don’t you think? This shot was taken from the city side of Southbank, here in Melbourne. We were early for a wedding reception and I wandered down the river bank with my camera, wondering if I’d get a shot of something in the dusk. I was about to turn back when I noticed the trailing branch of this gum tree. It was only when I moved to a different spot on the bank that I noticed the real shot - the reflections on the Yarra. You can still see the low gum branch - but doesn’t the surface of the river look like pastel ribbons on a bed of mercury?

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14 comments:

  1. Shrink Wrapped Scream8:51 PM

    "Pastel ribbons on a bed of mercury", lovely description of a lovely photo. (Again.)

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  2. Anonymous9:25 PM

    As usual a beautiful shot... Siddharth

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  3. david mcmahon9:44 PM

    Hi Carol,

    Why, thank you, ma'am. The description just sort of appeared in my head.

    Y'know wo' I mean?

    Keep smiling

    David

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  4. david mcmahon9:45 PM

    Hi Siddharth,

    Thank you for that comment. But you know the feeling - the scene is there, just waiting to be photographed.

    All we do is hit the shutter.

    Take care

    David

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  5. phaseoutgirl11:33 PM

    Beautiful, as always. The photos that we least expect are always those that come out really interesting, right David?

    Thanks for always being an inspiration...

    cheers,
    Cecilia

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  7. Bart6:05 AM

    Sometimes I think you could go to the bathroom, or the loo, or whatever you refer to it as in Oz, and come out with a shot worthy of the annals.

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  8. Rachelle6:42 AM

    Dear David,
    Isn't it loverly when shots like this magically appear? It's a beauty!
    I thought about having a camera surgically implanted to my hand because 9 times out ot 10 I just don't have my camera with me at the right time.
    ....ouch... maybe not....
    Slainte~
    Rachelle

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  9. david mcmahon7:58 AM

    Hi Cecilia,

    You're absolutely right. That shot just `happened'.

    Looking forward to some more of your photography now ...

    I don't know about being an `inspiration' as you say. I just enjoy doing what I do!

    Cheers

    David

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  10. david mcmahon8:00 AM

    Hi Jaya,

    Thanks for dropping by. I'll have a look at your site in the next 24 hours.

    Cheers

    David

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  11. david mcmahon8:02 AM

    G'day Bart,

    That is without doubt the highest compliment I ever received, with regard to my photography.

    It is also without doubt the funniest. Thank you, kind sir.

    The Aussie word for a toilet is ``dunny''. In retrospect, that is definitely the one place I've never taken my camera!

    Cheers, Bart-Man

    David

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  12. david mcmahon8:04 AM

    Hi Rachelle,

    You're right. This scene just screamed ``photograph me NOW''. Everything about it was just right.

    My friends tell me I look like I have a camera surgically implanted in my palm - because it practically goes everywhere I go.

    Thanks for dropping by and I look forward to reading more of your work.

    Cheers

    David

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  13. Catmoves1:36 PM

    That can't be the Yarra. The last time I saw it, it was too thick to plant and too thin to plow.
    Hi David.

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  14. david mcmahon5:55 PM

    Hi Catmoves,

    Wonderful to hear from you again. Nice to know the Yarra has had an effect!

    And just think - Jim Courier swam in it, not once but twice!

    Keep smiling

    David

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