A subtle one today. The splashing chaos of this waterfall almost veiled the little kingfisher sitting quietly on its rock with a fish in its mouth. It's so still I guess it froze when I appeared and it's now waiting for me to leave.
That kingfisher I have added to this macro photograph of a worn and weathered old metal fence is small enough to be easily missed. Even with a fish in its mouth. I calculated that the bird and its prey only occupy about 0.5% of this image. I actually think it might be too large.
My ideal in making this style of artwork is that the original background photograph is not dominated by what I add and has room to breath. The whole idea was born from a desire to get other people to see the same natural worlds that I was seeing in our urban decay and using Photoshop to add wildlife and thereby "set the scene" seemed like the best way to do it. In this case I think it would actually work without the bird and just a title like "Waterfall" but having it in there does add a nice layer of surprise. So often the way in nature when our eye suddenly lands on an animal and our heart skips a beat.
This image is actually upsidedown. The original orientation as shown below doesn't quite have the same waterfall effect of the water spreading as it drops, although it is still full of fascinating detail.
A crop to show some of that detail better, which I find so alluring. I can easily get lost in a patch of urban decay as my eye pores over the never-ending variation of intricate patterning, layers and colours. There is something quite calming about it. Nature as the finest artist. And it carries on working through magnifying glass.
This waterfall was at the top of the second panel from the left.
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