bluechameleon
seven benches
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 5 February 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive at where we started
And know the place for the first time."
-- T.S. Eliot
All Rights Reserved © Sharon Wish
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Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
This is so perfectly composed. I love the repetition in the trees and benches and the lone figure with his dog adds just the right touch.
5 Feb 2009 5:19am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Thought I could only see 6 for a minute til i looked closer!
Beautifully shot bc:-)
5 Feb 2009 5:22am
Marcah from United States
Excellent, moody tones. Wonderfully composed. Man and friend are oblivious to your presence it seems.
5 Feb 2009 5:37am
@Marcah: ...thank you. It seems like everyone here has a dog.
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
A wonderful atmosphere here. Love that lone figure.
5 Feb 2009 5:56am
Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand
Love the fog and the trees, beautiful composition.
5 Feb 2009 6:10am
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
magnifique chef d'oeuvre ! formidable et émouvant .....
5 Feb 2009 6:16am
Krims@nline.be from wemmel, Belgium
Wow, this is superb. Love the perspective, great mistery atmosphere. Well done!
5 Feb 2009 6:39am
Matt from Gainesville, United States
The mottled light cast on that first tree makes this shot explode for me- that creates an uncanny depth that is really a counterpoint to the depth implied by the perspective. That little detail makes this shot a unique capture (you and perhaps no one else will ever be able to replicate it) and an extremely powerful image. Congrats!
5 Feb 2009 7:10am
LeenaM from Joensuu, Finland
It could happen whatsoever in this atmosphere -a fantastic image !
5 Feb 2009 7:19am
Toni from Eastern Washington, United States
This is a gorgeous fog image. Excellent composition and really well done.
5 Feb 2009 7:44am
Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
I have said before that you live in the twilight zone Sharon. Simply beautiful as always
5 Feb 2009 7:45am
zOOm from Paris, France
Nice alignment of trees, benches... following this solitary walker and his dog... There's a light on the first tree which gives a special depth to the the whole image, it empowers somehow the whole perspective, diagonal made by the waterfront... wonderfully composed (as usual Sharon !) ;-)
5 Feb 2009 7:57am
gelfoto from Madrid, Spain
Romantic. Epic. Magician. Fabulous black and white.
Greetings
5 Feb 2009 8:24am
k@ from France
Love this one a lot ! So soft and powerful at the same time, foggy feelings and that sllhouette crossing them in a quiet pace, the dark bodies of the trees... Emotion sparkles... Plus I love the quote too ! Thanks for both**
5 Feb 2009 8:41am
zahai from Berlin, Germany
Wow, wonderful scenery and light. Love the mood, and great choice of title. Well done :)
5 Feb 2009 8:48am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
So perfectly composed, ethereal and totally stunning Blue Sharon strikes again ;)
5 Feb 2009 9:24am
-1q5yChØt!c- from karaj, Iran
wow,dreamy and wonderful shot...lovely and misty place with awesome dark trees...
Excellent shot :X:X:X
5 Feb 2009 9:40am
Elaine- from Canada
so beautiful bc... i can see you took more advantage of the fog than i did... loved the wee poem too... well done you :)
5 Feb 2009 10:13am
Thomas @ bipsie from Breda, Netherlands
Truly a stunning composition and it's got great feel to it with the fog.
5 Feb 2009 10:42am
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
Ha ha I have one lined up entitled 'Three benches', but yours beats me by four, and by being a far better shot, so I'm not going to post it now!
This is hugely atmospheric, Sharon, and immensely beautiful. So well captured and presented
5 Feb 2009 11:04am
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Excellent!!!! Wonderful composition and light! I love it!!!
5 Feb 2009 11:08am
Sien from Netherlands
Excellent!!
Moody tones, great shot and a nice perspective..
Grz Sien
5 Feb 2009 11:13am
Momo from Montpellier, France
what a great scene you've captured, the tones of grays are fab, and the mood just eery and wonderful...and the exquisite bare trees of winter...not sure why but as i've gotten older i like the bare trees as much, maybe even more than the full trees of spring and summer...there's something otherworldly about them...maybe they're trying to show us something?...
5 Feb 2009 11:20am
Mathilde from Paris, France
Sublime image! alignment of trees, benches, a man in the mist. Belle composition!
5 Feb 2009 11:52am
Cheryl from Texas, United States
well seen and taken. the fog really adds a lot of mood to the image.
5 Feb 2009 12:04pm
Ian from A nice, tranquil leafy place, United Kingdom
Really nice light/atmosphere beyond that third tree. Love the blacks.
5 Feb 2009 12:21pm
Philip from Joburg, South Africa
Excellent B/W in Silo as well this is a 10/10 pic !!
5 Feb 2009 12:34pm
Julian Kilsby from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Great composition, very moody mist.
5 Feb 2009 12:58pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Beautiful park so beautifully captured. I like the words you put with this.
5 Feb 2009 1:08pm
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
I love this one ! great composition, soft and misty atmosphere, excellent the mysterious silhouette of the man in the background !
5 Feb 2009 1:50pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
The Eliot poem fits so perfectly this scene of solitude and beauty ... as always, you've captured an intriguing mood with your brilliant sense of composition and balance ... ron
5 Feb 2009 1:55pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
While exploring the endlessly repeating pattern of lonely empty chairs, suddenly come upon the man with his companion that changes the mood dramatically... What an image of magic... thanks for the treat!
5 Feb 2009 2:10pm
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
Two worlds in here: the inner world, represented by the foreground, more suggested then really viewed, bounded by the benches and trees, with the human presence given by the tiny silhouette, and the outer world, seen through the trees, immersed in mist, even more suggested than viewed.
5 Feb 2009 3:13pm
micke bergling from Sweden
So beautiful that I did not find any good word for this art work ... I am happy that I can take part of it ..
5 Feb 2009 3:42pm
baobab from Cambridge, United States
I like the repeated organic shapes of the trees, and whatever you did to capture the light on the closest tree. Vancouver is a place of mist and rain and outdoors and dogs...
5 Feb 2009 4:19pm
TOm Sparks from Seattle, United States
Excellent photo, if I was a book publisher I would use this as the cover of my next spy novel; maybe a book by Alan Furst or John Le Carré
5 Feb 2009 4:34pm
@TOm Sparks: Thank you Tom! Wow...how nice of you to stop by, what a wonderful surprise :)
Diane Schuller from Hythe, Canada
what a wonderful image: the processing, composition, the fog and the overall feel. Very well captured.
5 Feb 2009 6:32pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
The words of T. S. Eliot give a special sense to this beautiful photo. All the elements of the composition, trees, fog, benches, man, dog, take a symbolic meaning very suggestive. Well done.
5 Feb 2009 6:40pm
Susan from Savannah, United States
Fantastic b/w image...has a noir-ish feel to it. Excellent!
5 Feb 2009 8:50pm
Thierry Masson from orly, France
what a melancholy, seems the world will fade if I switch to my blog...
5 Feb 2009 9:39pm
Charles from New York, United States
Simply gorgeous. Love the timing on the walker and the fog/moodiness.
5 Feb 2009 10:42pm
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
Perfect. I have the impression that the trees will swallow the man and his dog. A real insipration for me...
5 Feb 2009 10:50pm
Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
absolutely wonderful capture - the "feel" is wonderful!
5 Feb 2009 11:03pm
john4jack from Corvallis, United States
The fog creates a sense of calm and peace, but the diagonal line brings energy.
6 Feb 2009 12:06am
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
A magical shot with that perspective, content and light.
6 Feb 2009 2:15am
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Great mood, love the benches lined up looking into the fog. Very cool
6 Feb 2009 2:49am
Lunamania from Oakland, United States
Beautifully composed and the b&w is so moody. Classic image.
6 Feb 2009 4:58am
Denis from Sitting on the edge of my blackhole, Eritrea
A gorgeous scene, where the fog serves you with its light blur. An outstanding photograph.
6 Feb 2009 10:04pm
Peety from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Beautiful composition. Truly stunning trees, you surely have captured their beauty.
7 Feb 2009 2:00pm
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Beautiful and B&W. This is one of those images that says very little in color.
8 Feb 2009 5:06pm
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
Holy freakin' heck. That is a great shot. Wonderful tones.
10 Feb 2009 3:17am
Doum from Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, Canada
Ho! Terrific shot! A mysterious ambiance plane over the park. The silhouette adds suspense...
10 Feb 2009 3:04pm
Aaron W. Strasburg from Riverside, United States
Great composition. The BW treatment is perfect for this image!
15 Feb 2009 6:41am
Jip (Raven) from Hengelo, Netherlands
This is a great compo! I like the man with the dog on the right. It really makes this photo!
18 Feb 2009 8:38am
Veronique from Sarrouilles, France
83 to say the same thing....I love the light and symetrie
8 Mar 2009 3:31pm
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
A great image...so moody, dark and brooding...so pregnant with thoughts...outstanding work!
31 Aug 2009 9:24am
Nikon D70
1/90 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
44 mm