bluechameleon
the tea party is over
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 3 January 2009 in Landscape & Rural.
"The Hare speaks up to ask Alice if she'd like more tea. Irritated, Alice replies 'I've had nothing yet...so I can't take more.' To this the Hatter says, 'you mean you can't take less...it's very easy to take more than nothing.'"
Lewis Carroll || Alice In Wonderland (excerpt)
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EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
The bench on the left is laughing and pointing at the one on the right. "You've got something on your lip" he laughs, pointing to the white stuff ha ha
This is a beautiful scene, the thick snow adding a fairytale element to the composition. Really beautifully observed
3 Jan 2009 5:03am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Wow...it seems winter has really made a grand appearance there! Beautiful.
3 Jan 2009 5:37am
Jean-François from LES ISSAMBRES, France
c'est doux tellement doux ................................ quelle poésie hivernale !
3 Jan 2009 6:07am
Elaine- from Canada
looks like there's two butt imprints on the far bench lol love the way the snow covered trees look, niiiiice shot
3 Jan 2009 6:08am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Oh my goodness , it really does look like where the tea party would have been!!! Wonderful wonderland bc:-)
3 Jan 2009 6:13am
Sien from Netherlands
This is a beautiful snowpic Sharon
wonderful garden scene.. ..
Have a nice weekend
Grz Sien
3 Jan 2009 6:19am
JamesC from portland, United States
That's a lot of snow, it's no wonder the party's over. Like the snow laden trees, very pretty.
3 Jan 2009 6:46am
k@ from Paris, France
When I discovered your post, I open up my mouth with a smile and I heard myself say "Ahhhhh !" (can't really translate :) Love that scene, as out of a Visconti movie for its elegance, and I can hear the people chit-chating while having their tea, indeed... since the snow doesn't cover as much as "she" thinks... Thanks for the story below...
3 Jan 2009 8:17am
gelfoto from Madrid, Spain
Of course it seems the Country of the Wonders. That Nevada is authentic. Beautiful Black and white.
Greetings
3 Jan 2009 8:59am
-1q5yChØt!c- from karaj, Iran
wow,cold and lovely shot...well title ,the tea party is over:)
nice shot:)
3 Jan 2009 9:36am
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Great title and lovely photo. It's been years since we've had snow that heavy over here. Happy new year.
3 Jan 2009 10:11am
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
La terrasse attend la fonte des neiges! Très belle image!
3 Jan 2009 10:28am
grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom
'Contrariwise
If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be;
but as it isn't it ain't
That's logic'
I wouldn't be able to resist making my mark on that unblemished snow.
3 Jan 2009 11:24am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Splendid, splendid ...splendid! covered in snow, nowhere to sit, no people around, heaven ;)
3 Jan 2009 12:07pm
Marcah from Quincy, United States
Beautiful. So much snow. Like a winters secret meeting place.
3 Jan 2009 12:10pm
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
We are going to have to wait next spring to take a cup of tea! I like the allusion to Lewis Caroll for this surrealist image ! nice and romantic too !
3 Jan 2009 12:29pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
the tea is frozen! great title :-) very nice image
3 Jan 2009 2:22pm
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
Beautiful fantasy and so so still. Now if only we could get some people to pose for you with tea there.
3 Jan 2009 3:33pm
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Delightful quote from Alice in Wonderland. and a wonderful image.
3 Jan 2009 4:41pm
john4jack from Corvallis, United States
Terrific shot. Superb tonality. (But we ARE now on the run to tea time.)
3 Jan 2009 4:54pm
Steve Rice from United States
The trees are straight from the pages of a children's book. Gorgeous.
3 Jan 2009 5:12pm
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Lovely image, yes the tea party is over, but the scene is left so beautifully untouched and clean looking... I like it when snow fall, it makes all the dirt disappear (for a short while anyway) and leaves everything so clean. Nicely seen and captured.
3 Jan 2009 6:52pm
Paco Díaz from Spain
Wow, here the whites create that infinite snow of the winter, and the few blacks compose the lines of a simple scene. Very good.
3 Jan 2009 7:58pm
grant from kansas city, United States
great find, and you've done a wonderful job with it. love the quote too.
3 Jan 2009 10:56pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
The snow brings such muffling stillness to the landscape . . like time herself has stopped.
3 Jan 2009 11:26pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Funny mix - the tea party and the snow covered space. I like!
4 Jan 2009 1:22am
baobab from Cambridge, United States
thanks for your comment on my blog... funny, I was just looking at your photo and wondering whether you were tired of winter yet. there's something wry and peaceful about snowclad summer furnishings: nice monochrome capture.
4 Jan 2009 3:16am
JJ from Jersey City, United States
Beautifully captured, the snow does make this look so peaceful and tranquil, looks like you have had heavy falls of it
4 Jan 2009 3:23am
vinsmiranda from Philippines
May I borrow this picture? :) I'd like to show it this one to my students! Great shot!
4 Jan 2009 3:39am
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, United States
Wonderful image. So much snow and, from the sky, is there more on the way?
4 Jan 2009 4:01am
@Suzanne: Thanks Suzanne. Yes, not long after I took this, the snow started up again :)
Pradeep from Chennai, India
Yeah...right. The tea party is over ;) Lovely monochromes :)
4 Jan 2009 4:26am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
I'd say so:-) Goodness that's a lot of snow. Easy for me to say as I sit here at 11:00 PM and the current temperature is 63 degrees fahrenheit, but don't be too jealous. We could easily have a tornado. Love the capture.
4 Jan 2009 5:00am
Pixim from Nice, France
The hare is right so much quite simply, it is then enough to sit down accompanied on one on the benches still empty; but to appear, to disappear is still an eternal to and from… Magnifique photograph accompanied by many stories ;)
4 Jan 2009 11:54pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Beautiful image..... It was wonderful having that snow here in Vancouver! ;)
8 Jan 2009 1:31am
Nikon D70
1/180 second
F/6.7
ISO 200
70 mm