Textures In The River

Artist: Kevin Skinner
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Textures In The River

Canon EOS 30D

This simple scene was taken at small crook in the River Findhorn at Ardclach in the Highlands of Scotland. It is here the river sweeps around a small church and graveyard in a tiny lowland area. So low, in fact, they built the bell tower on top of a neighbouring hill so that the sound could escape over the adjacent wards.

The river is nearly always fast-flowing and can be very spectacular at flood. The way the waters interact with the shores and the odd defiant boulder has always fascinated me. I could watch for hours as the torrents ebb and flow over the granite hurdles with that wonderful, soothing sound that flowing water makes.

I decided that a series of Black & White images of different intimate river scenes would be perfect for a study. The different types of stone that you find beside or in the river can be stunning with each having their own charactistics are remarkable in themselves. Put them with a fast flowing river taken at a long-ish exposure, the textures and contrasts that can be produced are an excellent subject for a monochrome project.

In this one, the granite boulder in the foreground has been smoothed and honed over, what must be, centuries of erosion and has produced wonderful textures and patterns within it.

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Ryan Carter

Beautiful Mate. Great work.
Gary L. Suddath

beautiful shot,b&w works great
Kurt Golgart

Love your choice of black and white and landscape. These choices really turns this shot into a beautiful abstract. Exceptional.
Kurt Golgart

I meant to say “portrait mode not landscape. RB needs an “edit” mode…
Marianne Vene...

I’ve missed seeing your gorgeous black and white images, excellent work as always Kevin!
Christopher E...

awesome shutterspeed on this, looks great in BW!
Sean Farragher

beautiful
Archetipo

Absolutely beautiful!
Linda Morrison

Fantastic movement captured in the water Kevin and a great composition
Rosy Kueng

Kevin, gorgeous texture on this! great in lighting
Lorraine Parra...

beautifully done
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Lorraine,

I’d forgotten about this image! Redbubble is great that it allows the older images to pop up now and again. Thank you for the generous compliment.
Marianne Vene...

Every shot I look at of yours, I just say WOW..excellent work!
Kevin Skinner replied

Hi Marianne,

Cannot tell you how much your words mean to me. Wonderful compliment. Glad to hear from you again.
naturelover

Awesome work- love the b&w- great light and textures-!!!
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Pauline,

Such a great compliment on my B&W work. Really appreciate the time to stop by and comment on this one. Cheers!
Jim Robertson

Really nice image Kevin
Kevin Skinner replied

Hi Jim,

Still one of my favourites as well!
Haydee Yordan...

Kevin, you have several beautiful shots of running water and stones… they are stunning and stimulating. I read Richie Fox’s message about your work and went to take a look at your artwork… and found it excellent!! Congratulations. I also love to shoot moving water and sand in the seashore… many of my work turn out to be beige, brown color with some blue in it. After seeing your work I have felt the curiosity to see some of my work in black and white. What is it… you feel… is special to art with black and whites. One is actually taking color element out of the image; does it add dramatism? Congratulations for your artwork. Keep up your excellent work. Mariarena
Kevin Skinner replied

Hi Mariarena,

I’ve been showered with a lot of wonderful compliments from Richie post and it’s been nice to know that I have been doing something right ;-) Wonderful compliment on my portfolio so thank you again.
I have been asked several times about B&W and what is it about it? For me, it is more like art. Colour images of a classic landscape or a scene is a moment of time captured. A B&W is a wee bit more: it is a moment of time captured with my interpretation and dimension on it. By taking away the colour then using the Blacks, White and those wonderful greys in between, you can change the atmosphere, feel and drama. It is a superb medium to work with.
JUSTART

beautiful
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Justart,

Really appreciate you stopping by and leaving such a nice compliment. Cheers!
Christian Hartung

amazing black and white shot, well done
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Christian,

Glad you like my wee B&W shot. :-)
Lois Romer

youhave captured the flow and texture of this shot just brilliantly.
Kevin Skinner replied

Thank you Lois :-)

Just love this kind of capture and B&W seems to suit and bring out the contrasts that bit better. Thanks for the comment!
Christophe Testi

Fantastic B&W work!
Kevin Skinner replied

Hey Christophe!

Thanks for the compliment. Appreciate you stopping by and leaving a wee comment. Cheers!
Elana Bailey

Kevin, this is super. Love the movement captured, the fab tones, comp and lighting. Wonderful work. Well done. An instant fave.
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Elana,

Very much a milestone image for me. I can trace back to this image as the one that really set off my passion for B&W’s. Glad you like it as well (still one of my favourites as well) :-)
Kasia-D

Wonderful work, the water so well frozen yet the stones so sharp. The story behind it makes an interesting read too!
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Kasia,

One of my favourites as well and was part of an exhibition in London back in 2007. Glad you like it!
Karl Williams

Just goes to show what can be achieved in monochrome by a talented processer .. superb image, Kevin
Kevin Skinner replied

Hi Karl,

Water can create some wonderful textures and B&W just seems to compliment it. Very flattered by the compliment but an image like this is so easy to get right – especially with these textures
PhotosEcosse

An image so full of content, yet simple.
Professional processing of the highest order.
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Barbara,

It is these wee intimate scenes within the landscape that attract me so. When someone asked what I saw when I took this image, I replied, “Just some stones in a river.” It is just that but I love the textures that both he water and the granite produce – just the power of photography, I suppose :-)
Barbara Brown

Wow Kevin1 This is beautiful!
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Barbara,

That really means so much! Really pleased you think so. Lovely compliment to one of my own favourites.
PhotosEcosse

I hear you loud and clear Kevin – I was at the burn myself this very evening, and I am SO grateful that my love of photography has taught me to TRULY look at what is around me, close-up. or far away !!
Kevin Skinner replied

Wonderful, isn’t it? By the way, lovely compliment :-D
Joanne Bradley

Gorgeous! The composition, the tonal variance and the exposure are excellent!
Kevin Skinner replied

Hi Joanne,

Really special when you get an unexpected image like this and returns such satisfaction when your finished the final edit. Wondeful compliment. Thanks!
hsien-ku

really impressive work!
Kevin Skinner replied

Hi Hsien-ku,

Glad you like this one. These wee intimate landscape shots just make photography for me – it’s a wonderful medium.
LavenderMoon

I’m a big fan of black and white photography.. this is a masterpiece…
Kevin Skinner replied

Thanks Robyn,

B&W is a big passion of mine and always so thrilled when someone else, who also appreciates it, gives it the thumbs up. This image really did set me on my way with B&W and I have never really looked back from this. Thanks for the compliment!
dinghysailor1

wonderful!