Traffic Mirror

 

Traffic Mirror, Yongchon

A couple of weeks ago I rode my bicycle around a flooded reservoir and in places found myself halfway up to my spokes in muck. The mud dried, but, as I live in an apartment complex, I had no way to wash the tyres after I got home.

A few days ago I was out in the countryside and went to have a look at the weir on Yongchon Brook. I noticed that the water on the lower side of the barrier was about the depth of the mud on my bicycle tyres so I went across. The rushing water took away most of the dirt. 

Neither the brook nor the weir is in the photo above. The traffic mirror is at the top of the path that leads down to the water and I stopped there to check the state of my bicycle and see what sort of composition I could make with the reflection. 

Two From Seorak Harbour

 

Seorak Harbour, Sokcho.

Driftwood Caught in Breakwater

Heavy

 

Apartment Construction, Sokcho

I am reasonably skilled at composition, but I don't think I do such a great job of conveying feeling. Mostly my pictures are about form, and I've heard them described as 'cold'. But I think the light and the placement of the elements in the frame describe how I felt when I made the photograph. This kind of apartment blends in well with its surroundings in a place like Seoul or Busan, but in a small city like Sokcho it squats oppressively upon the landscape and mind.