Happy New Year everyone! I'm starting the year with a return to one of my favorite recurring themes - that's right, it's another contrail picture...

 

DivergenceFeatured Image for January 2014 Divergence

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At first sight, this image is all about composition and geometry: The shadow on the building mirrors the slope of the the thin contrail. We can see how the trails diffuse over time - first thin, then medium and finally very diffuse - and as they cross they echo the grid of panels on the building wall. There's even an echo of the empty sky in the empty street below.

However the title refers not only to the diverging angles in the image, but also to the contrast between the world of earth and the world of air. The streaking plane is directly over a bicycle. The lines of the building are straight and geometric while the lines of the vapor trails are vague and imprecise, and in the process of becoming more so, ...and eventually dissolving completely.

Wishing you all a great start to 2014.