Serene Black-and-White Riverbank with Weeping Willow Tree

The black-and-white photography shows a peaceful river landscape. The anchor at lower left is a rough stone wall that leads the eye of the viewer to peaceful reflections of hanging willow branches and water.Thin, stream of willow branches sway and touch.

Dark lines stretch on the water and you aware of movement at the slightest of rhythms. You can see light and dark as one leaf stirs against the other. The stone wall is solid and worn, roughness against the smoothness of water.

The composition establishes stillness against the suggestion of impalpable movement. The layers of light and shadow, stone and water provide depth and urgency for the viewer. Make you want to take in every transient moment and detail from the hanging branches to the flickering.

The photograph tells a quiet balance, a frozen instant in which nature pauses to recognize the rhythms that exist in repose. It feels timeless, meditative and intimate: a black-and-white study of texture and light, calmness and insight to those soft kindred beings that choose to observe.