Silent Guardian of Raswehera – Sri Lanka

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

Carved directly into the sheer face of a massive granite monolith, the ancient Sasseruwa (Reswehera) Buddha statue of Sri Lanka stands as a timeless monument to spiritual endurance. Sculpted over fifteen centuries ago, the colossal figure captures the Abhaya Mudra – the gesture of fearlessness. Its deeply textured, weathered stone beautifully merges ancient human artistry with the raw, unyielding earth.

Tethered in Stone

Black And White Photography, Ian, Photography
Iron mooring ring set in granite quayside stone with shadow, Montjean-sur-Loire

The mooring ring is the whole story here. Shooting tight with the 70–300mm isolates the iron against the granite, and the shadow becomes a second subject — almost a ghost of the ring itself. Monochrome strips the rust colour away and leaves only the relationship between texture, form, and light. Metering off the stone ensures the shadow retains full detail without blowing the highlights on the iron.

From the article Montjean-sur-Loire — The Wrong Road, the Right Place on IJM Photography. Canon EOS 6D Mark II | 70–300mm.

Sandbar Fishing and Wave Theory

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography
Oak Island Sandbar Fishing 1
Oak Island Sandbar Fishing 1

Anglers fishing on a sandbar, accessed by boat, between Oak Island and Holden Beach, North Carolina in the Intracoastal Waterway.  As the incoming tide starts to consume the sandbar, I found the aerial wave/water/sand patterns fascinating. I looked up wave theory, it goes pretty deep (pun intended)!

Cheers,

C. S.