Reminiscing about the Back Pond, Part 2
July 23, 2023
In the last post I tried to show you the setting of the Back Pond at Schoepfle Garden. The pond’s surface is—was—my favorite part, and this post shows some of the many appearances the surface took on with various seasons and wind patterns between 2002 and 2016. More to come in the next post.
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Romancing Reality 
You’ve presented a good variety of surfaces. They give evidence that the same pond sometimes looks the way an Impressionist might have painted it, as in #3, #4, and #9, yet at other times offers up rounded rectangular cells, as in #7 and #11, with #1 and #5 falling in between the two kinds of appearance.
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July 23, 2023 at 5:01 AM
Glad you noticed. It’s the variety of surface appearances that I miss. Thanks for your comment, Steve.
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July 24, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Fine set, Linda! Nr11 is my favorite. See you!
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July 23, 2023 at 7:27 AM
Thank you, Harrie. There’s something about the bottom two thirds of #11 that makes me think of paintings by Klimt (https://www.artchive.com/artwork/portrait-of-adele-bloch-bauer-i-gustav-klimt-1907/, for example).
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July 24, 2023 at 8:18 PM
I can understand your Klimt association, Linda. Familiar ‘fragmenting’ and of course the warm, yellow-gold colors.
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July 25, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Outstanding portfolio of photos, Linda. I hate to use an overused word but these are awesome. There is one in particular that intrigues me the most and it’s #9. Good work!
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July 23, 2023 at 8:25 AM
Thanks, Ken. I had no hesitancy in choosing to include #9, but I’m not sure why I favored it. It might have something to do with the amount of abstraction displayed in the image.
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July 24, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Interesting patterns
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July 23, 2023 at 11:40 AM
It took a while to learn what shutter speed I needed to use to catch the ripples in this pond: between 1/80th and 1/100th of a second. I thought that was the speed range I needed to stop all moving water. Wrong. Learned that the hard way. Thanks for writing, Sue.
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July 24, 2023 at 8:22 PM
You’re most welcome
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July 25, 2023 at 4:23 AM
These captures are wonderful. The water patterns are incredibly emotive to me.
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July 24, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Thank you, Mel. Watching the water with your eyes is fun, but you only get to really appreciate the patterns when you stop the action with the camera.
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July 24, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Nature’s kaleidoscope! Wonderful collection, Linda.
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July 28, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Yes, it is! Thank you, Mic.
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July 28, 2023 at 10:02 PM
I like the idea that you’re doing this as a series. It must be pretty nice to stand on the edge of the pond on a crisp fall day and just look at those reflections, and watch them ripple. I like the soft shapes in #1. They get quite defined at the bottom and they fade nicely at the top. #2 looks like a wild abstract expressionist got into it. 🙂 #3 is such a contrast to that; it makes me think of a gentle autumn rain, even though I don’t think it could have been raining then. It just has that pleasant, mesmerizing feeling you get during a quiet rain. The closer view in #7 is fascinating. Then #9 offers a clearer vision. I like that one because it could almost be the forest view instead of a reflection. Beautiful composition. #10 appeals to me for the composition, too. #12 is different – the layers of closer branches and trees in the distance are wonderful there. #13 could be my favorite – it’s pure pleasure. 🙂
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August 6, 2023 at 9:39 PM
Thanks, Lynn. Your comments speak to the variation in surface disturbance, which I used to see before the aerator. The next time I go to Schoepfle Garden, however, I will see if I can get a decent photograph of the pond anyway—if I can see through my tears. I wondered if anyone would comment on the different distances portrayed in #12; glad you did. I saved my favorite for last; it’s fun that it could be your favorite here, too. Thank you for all your serious looking at these.
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August 6, 2023 at 9:59 PM
My pleasure for sure! There must be a way that the aerated pond can work photographically…or another place you can find the calm surface you need.
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August 6, 2023 at 10:02 PM