On a recent Melbourne-to-Hobart flight
I had a window seat. But it was above the middle of the wing and
facing into the mid-afternoon sun. Not ideal for photography, I
thought, but at least I had my camera with me and kept looking. From
above a scattering of billowing, showery clouds the view was
dominated by the stark shadows of clouds on the water.
I took a tissue, cleaned the inside of
the window and made sure the lens was clean. Aiming slightly
backwards I was able to frame views between the wing and the
distortions of the multi-layered plastic aeroplane window. Given this
narrow view I simply watched and waited for a scene to come into
view.
The results have deep saturated blues,
shimmering pale yellow and orange tinges with the brightest areas
rendered almost without colour.
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