Perception

One of my favorite things to do is fly in airplanes (next to riding a really big, really fast rollercoaster).  It’s fun to pull away from the earth’s surface and watch things on the ground get smaller, they start to look like little toys.  And what seem like enormous clouds when they’re above us, appear quite small looking down on them.  It’s all in your perspective.

When I was a little kid I really believed you could walk on clouds.  Flying through the sky, I’d daydream that I was running around on them…

Perception is reality.  Maybe that’s why I like looking at the art of Escher, who said “I think it’s in my basement, let me go upstairs and check.”  Wonderfully twisted.  His art stretches perception.  So when I had the chance to mess with perception I thought why not?

So……here’s the first photograph above, flipped back to it’s original capture.  I didn’t take the image looking out the window of an airplane.  I never said I did.  This shot was taken from the ground, looking up toward the clouds, not down on them.  I couldn’t resist.  But this is a good idea for all photo-enthusiasts.  Flip your photographs to gain a different perspective or perception of them.  Some might surprise you and be improved by turning them 90 degrees or 180.