"Lens flare is energy, too"
There are days in the field when my camera demands I let it do its thing and only witness the process.
Photos above: I snapped these on the first day of spring. It was early afternoon and the horses had been full of strange excitement, neighing and exploring the corners of the field they don't normally go to. They might have sensed something or someone nearby, possibly a horse on one of the other farms in the area. After a while they returned to the labyrinth to unwind and process, and that was when this lens flare occurred.
I would have discarded these photos in the past, either because the quality of the image is obviously flawed and 'unprofessional' or because I'd consider the lens flare on some better looking photos a cheap, cliche effect. But when I showed some of these to a few students in the Wayshow program, I began to learn that different people with different interests and inclinations find their own, unique aesthetic or spiritual value in them.
As one of the students pointed out, "lens flare is energy, too."
Photo above: From the book "Wounded Healers, Human Whisperers" (See The Book)
Photo above: Belle Amie napping in the snow. I was aiming to capture a crispy sharp silhouette of the mare backlit by the winter sun, but the 50mm lens decided otherwise, and even created that photographic film-looking top border.
Photo bellow: Shrubs in the rain are a source of all kinds of naturally occurring visual effects.
