A couple of pictures here I like a great deal: fairly simple in composition but beautiful. I suppose water is a kind of a classic theme in visual arts, but it's such a beautiful and fascinating element.
Birch Trees
SilverEDIT (WEDNESDAY): Have you seen the news about those riots in Athens, Greece, that have been going on since saturday? A bit frightening, because I'm familiar with the place: I stayed there for about 8 months in 2003. I think I even recognised the cell phone and computer store they mentioned in the newspaper as being robbed by some rioters! Looking at the map the article had, I'm pretty sure it was a store I walked past many a time on my from the place I was staying in to a library fairly close to the Acropolis, or wherever in the city.
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Maria,
I can't tell you how beautiful the first one is. It's a bit like the one I took a while back of the clouds reflecting off the pond in my sister's yard. I didn't realise how stunning the shot was until it landed on my computer screen.
Hi Maria - you first photo here took me straight to the French Impressionists. It's beautiful, and really looks as if it could be composed of tiny brushstrokes. There's also something Monet-y (?) about that blue. The other one reminds me of a pool of mercury - you don't get much more silvery than that.
The Greek riots are frightening indeed, and although it shouldn't affect our perception of such things I suppose, it's always more harrowing to hear about troubles in areas with which you have a personal affinity. Perhaps it's a safety mechanism - if we felt all horrors equally keenly, our brains would explode.
I remember my sister having had a brilliant time in Split and Dubrovnik many years ago, before that region's later awful turmoil. It was always supremely sad for her to watch what happened afterwards, as she remembered how beautiful and peaceful it all was, and could visualise the families and places destroyed. Awful.
Hi Maria, stunning photos of the stillness and feeling of completion that water gives you. The first one is exceptionally beautiful. I agree about the likeness to a Monet or impressionist painting. Really and truly gorgeous.
The Athens riots have been on the news here too. I haven't been there but it must bring it all the closer to you who have spent so long there. I know what Margie means about Split. I was in Dubrovnik and travelled up the Croatioan coast when I was in my teens, and also felt the horror of the war's devastation there. Such a terrible waste. So tragic. I hope that if you have friends in Athens they are safe.
Maria,
It has been a long time, but I hope you will remember me from our TBWHM days way back when. I came upon your blog again via Anne-Marie's site.
Gorgeous photos. The sea has always held a particular allure for me -- strange, as I have never sailed and even learned to swim quite late. But summer vacations on Martha's Vineyard are perhaps to blame for my fascination and connection to the water.
I hope life is good for you and that you are staying warm and enjoying a lovely holiday season in the great north.
Best regards,
Chris
I've told you before how much I love your birch tree pic. I do!
I just got finished professionally reviewing a new handbook on photography (Tom Ang's Fundamentals of Photography) and I'm itching to pick up a camera again, or take a black and white photography course. (it's been years!) His new book is one of few that addresses both digital AND film photography basics while providing a great foundation of the theory of photography in general that applies to either format... in a concise volume (if you're looking for a new book). It also goes heavily into outputting -- the part that comes after the shooting. Editing and sizing online, etc.
You're part of what inspires me, y'know!
- Lucy.
(p.s. had to delete my prior post -- I inserted the wrong link!)
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