Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON
I’ve been a swimmer since as far back as I can remember, but sometimes it takes us years to notice the littlest details about our surroundings. I’ve been waiting a few weeks for a chance to take some generic shots at a swimming pool, and the perfect opportunity was Anzac Day last Saturday.
A few days earlier, I rang a large, well-regarded indoor pool and explained that I wanted to come in and take some generic shots early one morning before they opened for business. As the pool was only due to open at 1pm on Anzac Day, it was agreed that I would rock up at 12.30 and spend about twenty minutes there with my camera before the doors opened.
While I walked from one end of the main pool to the other, I stopped briefly and fired off a couple of frames of a single lane rope tethered to its metal retainer. Because there was no one in the pool, the surface of the water was absolutely calm. Also, because it is an indoor pool, there was no breeze.
It was only when I got home and viewed the images on my computer that I spotted something that had escaped me at the pool. The rippling effect, caused by surface tension of the water around the plastic lane marker, is clearly visible.
Now I’ll just have to wait for the next public holiday to take some close-up shots of the same view. Stay tuned.
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19 comments:
David, you make the most ordinary things look extraordinary! The colors are so vibrant too. Nice.
Finally, someone who knows what surface tension is....lol...I was trying to explain it to someone the other day..you know a lot of people don't know? Strange.
Great picture. Great how you got a bonus with the ripples!
Breeze
Terrific shots! I love how you take close-up of things that most people generally ignore or miss! You are brilliant!
I really enjoy seeing what isn't see usually like that. Thank you.
Had to read your post twice looking for Superman´s girlfriend And perhaps that is why I nominate your post as POTD
Have a nice weekend wherever you go swimming
It is amazing how you can make the simplest of things into an exciting photo, David & I do love your *photo gallery* and the brilliant colours & composition of your work.
Brightens anyone's day just looking at the loveliness.
Nicely observed. I like the combination of science and art... a blogger after my own heart.
Wow! I hadn't even noticed the ripples until you mentioned them! It's incredible how little we really pay attention to our surroundings! Thanks for this.
I love that you take pictures of the most mundane things and make them beautiful. I'd be afraid my camera would fall in the pool.
What amazes me, is how these shots give a feeling of the depth of the cool, clear water under the red discs. Does that come from the actual image, or from my mind knowing water depth is the third dimension of the photo?
Oooooh, is this the famous ripple effect plaguing the world... and you captured it??!!
cool shots. quite puzzling at first glance...
Love the angle of the last shot the best. :)
That is such a cool effect! Can I nominate this for a POTD? Or would that be considered tacky? Well I would if I could, that's for certain.
I just love finding such nuance in seemingly mundane things! Excellent find David.
Everything is worth a second look, huh?
Such an observant eye! You do make the most ordinary things interesting!
I always have such fun guessing where we are Sandy
Great photos! I love the repetition and the colours.
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