h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

FWR:

At first glance, a simple shot.

But Sasha has thought about this. The angle gives a lovely highlight to the ripples on the water, the absence of anything to give a sense of scale is a clever way of bringing out the abstract patterns.

Altering your point of view when photographing liquids gives dramatically different results. Try ignoring the ducks and look at the water next time you're out and about!

DG;

What I love most about these black-and-white photographs is that they're exercises in looking. Sasha keeps deconstruction the visual world.

Yes, and it makes me thirsty. Luckily, I have a pint of water within reach.

I enjoy making and looking at patterns in the water, but do not normally have a camera handy while rowing.

Chaos theory. Someone drops a Ford Explorer into the lake, and the ripples spread out. Eventually, a typhoon hits Tokyo.

Thanks everyone

Yes, I really like using the monochrome to focus in on details - I like looking out for abstract patterns, too

I like ripples, whether real ones or ones in photos. But not the really big ones the size of tsunamis.