Perhaps this play on the word ‘atonement’ is not so obvious but I chose it for two reasons, the spiritual beauty of the circle and the seeking of a perfect balance of tone across its hemisphere.

Ordinarily this lamp would do nothing more than light the space it occupies and hardly even be noticed unless it failed to do its evening work. For me this bright disc of light above us drew my attention long enough for me to become aware of the tonal changes over its surface revealing the fact it is indeed a sphere and not just a simple bright circle.

I purposely kept the natural image noise of a high ISO, applied no sharpening and only played with the tones to render this disc back into a sphere.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 706, Atonement’ 1/1000 f/2.8 ISO2500 200mm