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(c) Mairi Macaulay
There is a certain quietness during and after a fall of snow, where the volume seems to have been turned down. But it is not just sound that changes, how we visually and emotionally interact with the landscape is also altered.
There is a particular beauty and serenity about a snow-covered scene.
Fencelines, poles, trees, and grasses become like pencil drawings on a white background. Subtle tonal variations are created by different depths of snow or where the snow is lying on an ice-covered loch. Lines of telegraph poles and fences highlight the undulating ground and hillsides merge with featureless skies.
A blanket of snow erases distractions and leaves behind a simpler landscape.
(c) Mairi Macaulay
FLOW Photofest Wall @ Eden Court Theatre
Bishops Rd, Inverness IV3 5SA