Stillness Interrupted
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Hasselblad X2D 100C
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Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9
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1/8s @ f/11
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Stillness Interrupted — Winter Near Forest Grove, Oregon
Winter near Forest Grove, Oregon has a way of quieting the landscape until only form and feeling remain. In Stillness Interrupted, the forest is reduced to its most essential elements — bare trees, dark water, and a soft, diffused light that seems to hover rather than fall.
Stripped of color, the scene becomes an exercise in restraint. Branches rise and repeat like calligraphy against a pale sky, while their reflections dissolve gently into the water below. The photograph leans into the strength of monochrome, allowing texture and contrast to carry the emotional weight — the coarse bark, the glassy surface of the water, the faint separation between land and reflection.
Despite the stillness, there is a quiet tension present. Something has shifted, if only slightly — a ripple in the water, a break in the symmetry — reminding us that even in winter’s silence, the forest is never truly motionless. The interruption is subtle, almost imperceptible, yet it gives the image its pulse.
Captured in the heart of winter, this moment near Forest Grove feels suspended in time. It invites the viewer to slow down, to linger in the quiet spaces, and to experience the calm not as emptiness, but as presence.