I try to always get a window seat when I am flying, there's something about having the "birds eye view" that I thoroughly enjoy. It might also be because I'm looking to replicate the cocktail shot that William Eggleston took. But I don't think it exists nowadays, all the elements that make this photograph amazing have changed...the upholstery of the chair, the cocktail glass, the straw, the woman's hand, and the texture on the wall around the window. Really though, I don't think it can be replicated, Eggleston has shot this so perfectly, the colors, the light, the framing, the shadow of the woman's fingers, the light refracting through the liquor creating a lovely fractured pattern on the tray. All these elements and Eggleston's brilliance makes the replication of the this shot impossible. Though I know this, there's still something in me that will always look for this image on every flight I take.
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So, instead of a brilliant photograph of a cocktail, I was able to find the shadow of our plane hugging the agricultural fields of Denver. It was pretty amazing to see the shadow move faster as we got closer to the ground and then basically morph into a sharks fin once we hit the tarmac.
I can't help but be intrigued by the clouds as well, so I leave you with a sprinkling of some stellar clouds...I always hope/dream that one day I can walk around and bounce from cloud to cloud on their soft surface.
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