Showing posts with label sky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sky. Show all posts

Saturday, April 14, 2012

How to omit the crossing wires from the sky?




I've been wondering about it for quite some time.

I'd really like to know whether there's a fair way to erase the crossing wires in the photographs that you've taken because I think it's not a question of editing. It's a question of honesty. 

I could apply filters to create ambiance, using vignette or tilt shift to direct focus, or adjust the saturation to make it looks better than the reality. But I'm not so sure about erasing something that is actually there.

I want to take picture of the sky that is beautiful. I want it to remind me that one day, there's a day when the sky is so beautiful that you wish it stays like there forever. A reminiscence of what was there. And thus would be unfair to erase the wires, because they were also there, part of the beautiful sky that I saw. The sky is beautiful, but there are the wires there and they've been there for a long time, long before I came and sit at my front yard looking at the sky and taking pictures.

I could erase them easily with simple app. But wouldn't that be an act of dishonesty?

I'd capture the beautiful sight forever, but I lied about the wires that were there. I lied about the flaw in the beauty. 

Will it be fair?

Monday, February 13, 2012

The Sky

Sky never fails me.
That I know for sure now.


In tough times when I think that the whole world is crumbling down and all I can do is watch and weep, the sight of the sky never fails me.






There's always something graceful about the sky. 

   





The way the clouds spread in the open sky from one end to another with striking grace. 





As if it's telling you that you are blessed to be able to witness such beauty around you, and that you are loved, and protected.



And with such grace and greatness, how can you doubt it?











When I feel bored or too stressed out at the office, I'd just take a short break at the cafe or simply sitting next to a nearest window, watching the afternoon sky that, luckily, most of the time is filled with burst of clouds (in rainy season, the sight is even better. I can see the gloomy yellowish grey sky from behind droplets on the window).




Sometimes I wish if I could just spend the whole day sitting next to my window, staring at the sky.


There will be days when I got out of the office feeling dreadful, and I know, all I need to do to make the two hours commuting trip bearable is to look at the sky.



To get amazed by its vastness, to greet the clouds and their beautiful colors in late afternoon.










I'd soon realize that there really isn't much to complain about, because the universe is beautiful and kind, and its grace soothes any wounded soul.

*All pictures were taken and edited using my android mobile phone