Corn Lilies and Lupine Leaves,
near California Meadow, Sierra National Forest, California 2010
- 1 June 2010 6:59 pm PDT. Photographed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 17-40mm f/4L, tripod mounted.My good friend, Bo Parker, and I share similar locations that we both like to return to to photograph. However, we don't usually go out photographing together. I'd say probably 2% of my time out with camera in tow is spent with other photographers. That 2% being pretty evenly split between my dad or Bo. The rest of the time I'm going solo.
So, what I found interesting is that Bo and I both came up with extremely similar images in similar locations, both completely independent of each other. Check it out, Bo posted his version Corn Lilies on his blog
here. These images were made in different meadows so it wasn't like there was one obvious place to stand like at, say, Tunnel View in Yosemite.
Now there's no shortage of images that are similar to one another out there, but usually those are a result of one photographer seeing another photographer's efforts and wanting to then make their own version of the image. Since that was not the case here, how is it that we both came up with such similar images? Is it that obvious a composition that most other photographers that would've been there would've done the same thing? Or is it that since Bo and I have known each other for such a long time now that our mental process, subconscious or not, for visually organizing elements of nature have become similarly aligned, thus resulting in similar images from similar locations in similar lighting conditions?
We'd all like to pride ourselves on our own unique vision, but maybe as the world becomes so "connected" the powers of influence will become so strong and subversive that unique vision will be a thing of the past. Not a very fun thought to think that something so special could disappear, but a thought to share nonetheless. Please, share your thoughts in the comments below. (Don't worry, as far as we know, this "collective hive-mind is just a theory and sharing thoughts is still ok)
*UPDATE - I've added a couple more images below from the same session. Enjoy!
Corn Lilies, near California Meadow,
Sierra National Forest, California 2010
- 1 June 2010 7:04 pm PDT. Photographed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 17-40mm f/4L, tripod mounted.
Corn Lily leaves, near California Meadow,
Sierra National Forest, California 2010
- 1 June 2010 7:06 pm PDT. Photographed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 17-40mm f/4L, tripod mounted.
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