What is initially perceived in a view can be completely different when looked at in a different way.
This foul looking liquid becomes much more appealing when it’s spa water from a Roman bath
These hard needles become much softer when they become part of a waterfall
Snow filled clearings in the heather can become part of wonderful patchwork
The humble celeriac can be destined for much greater things:
Contrasts can be seen everywhere we look. The following pairs show them in several contexts:
In the world of fungi we find contrasts in colony numbers:
Many
Few
In the seas we find opposites in water conditions:
Smooth
Rough
In the streams we find different states:
Liquid
Solid
In the world of the Goths we find:
Black
and White
In the animal kingdom we have:
Large
and Small
On the banks of the Tyne we see buildings that are
Pointed
and Blunt
The changing seasons and time of day can bring about amazing contrasts in the same view:
Light
Dark
Reflections in a flooded quarry show remarkable contrasts when the water moves:
Still
Moving
Many pictures have contrasts in the same image, like this:
Black and White
Contrasts in form, state, stature, texture etc have much to offer when composing images. The contrast usually spoken about in photography is concerning the light balance of an image, but that's not what's been looked at here.
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