Ma (間): A new way to think about creating a landscape image

Jun 30, 2017

Yesterday was a perticularly dank, dreary and dismal sort of day. Fine rain was everywhere and I immediately thought of what I'd seen talked about regarding Ma. The landscape in general was very monochromatic so I headed off to a pier close by to see whether I could put Ma into practice! There were, when I first arrived quite a few people fishing on this small pier in Hamworthy near Poole that I was concerned that all the 'Ma space' would be filled with people!

Fortunately quite a few gave up on the rain leaving a couple of people to try and avoid being in my compositions. As a first attempt I'm particularly pleased and will look for space in my next shoots! Here are some images, this first one is an 8 minute exposure and this couple sat so still for the entire time!....