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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Two: Travel Incongruities > Florescence, Otter Crest Beach, DePoe Bay, Oregon, 2006
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10-JUN-2006

Florescence, Otter Crest Beach, DePoe Bay, Oregon, 2006

Many of the incongruous images in this gallery were the result of what I was able to do with the camera. Others, such as this one, are images of subjects that are simply incongruous in themselves. When I looked down into a tide pool at my feet and saw this huge florescent anemone suddenly emerge from beneath the kelp with flailing fingers, I was shocked to my core. I had never encountered such a sight before. All I had to do was to bend over and make this image, making sure that my angle of view stressed the emergence, rather than the whole anemone. It is this sense of emergence and the vivid green glow that gives this image its incongruous punch. I will never forget this moment, and I want anyone who looks at this image to share the feeling with me.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30
1/80s f/4.0 at 36.9mm iso80 full exif

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Phil Douglis23-Oct-2006 20:39
You have not lost your footing, Bernard. You have validated the expressive qualities of this image for us. I shot it in this way so as to activate your imagination. You are making your own work of art out of it. And I thank you for it.
Bernard Bosmans21-Oct-2006 02:49
When I saw your image first time, my initial feeling was of looking into volcanic crater spewing green lava. My thoughts link to your description of your shock to see this huge fluorescent anemone emerging beneath the dark kelp and it's sudden burst into the open, makes my view not so weird afterall.
Coming from another perspective, I hear the sounds not of water, but the flow of Tchaikovsky's ballet music 'Waltz of the Flowers', heaving back and forward with a great deal of repetition, seeing the graceful tentacles in the same way.
There is no stoney silence in your image either Phil, the pebbles compliment the performance and the kelp close to the stage gives the anemone dancer a standing ovation.
Well your Lumix and your keen eye got me going, tell me if I lost my footing and gone over board. However I would have relished the moment like you and would have been thankful for the good fortune.
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