The subject is just water gushing out of a big pipe. Yet by using geometric principles to compose this image, I can make an ordinary subject become part of an extraordinary image. The key is the low angle of the light. It is late in the day, and I move my camera position to take advantage of the light passing through the flow of water that is frozen in place by the shutter. That translucent light turns the water flow into an illuminated arc, positioned over a rectangular trough that is illuminated only along one plane. All else falls into abstracting shadows. The illuminated planes of the trough and the upright board that anchors it in place, create a series of diagonal and vertical thrusts that support the illuminated arc of water and give the image its coherence and meaning. Out of a very small place, a glowing and precious resource brings life to the vast lands that sprawl beyond it.