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Floating Baobab

The decisive moment for this photograph didn’t come until after it had been taken. It occurred to me that it might be interesting to rotate the photograph 90° anti-clockwise, and that is what you see here. It suddenly becomes intriguing: it looks as though the tree is floating on a perfectly still surface of water, creating a crystal-clear reflection. That is the first impression. But then we notice that the reflection, whilst similar, is not quite the same as the tree reflected in it. This makes the photograph enigmatic and even more intriguing.

This small adjustment – a 90° rotation – makes us look at the photograph more closely and in greater detail. It’s just as marvellous, strange and unexpected as finding a baobab tree in India!

Photo of the week: Orchha, India, 2004