bluechameleon
certainty
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 17 June 2009 in Landscape & Rural.
"There isn't enough of anything
as long as we live. But at intervals
a sweetness appears and, given a chance
prevails."
— Raymond Carver
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Dulcie from Danville, United States
So lovely and simply and such a sensual treatment in B&W....grasses and benches in the background. Soothing!
17 Jun 2009 6:03am
Standley from Carquefou, France
Absolutly wonderful! Great use of the light and the DOF.
17 Jun 2009 6:19am
Nina from Haute Loire, France
Yes, a delicate sweetness on the sky and the day can turn!
17 Jun 2009 6:35am
LESLIE from norwich, United Kingdom
Fantastic use of D of F - works wonderfully well in B & W
17 Jun 2009 6:50am
k@ from Paris, France
Love the duet with Carver's quote, and I do agree entirely, at intervals, extraordinary sweetnesses appear and we know that so well, photographers... Thanks for illustrating it so sweetly ~
17 Jun 2009 7:16am
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Remarkable shot which really engages the imagination . . it is like a secret waiting to be told.
17 Jun 2009 7:35am
Nicki from Germany
Superb view - great postprocessing, nothing left to say ... ^^
17 Jun 2009 8:24am
zOOm from Paris, France
Love the vigneting effect here, gives a nice mood to the whole image. Something almost intimate.
17 Jun 2009 8:36am
Zahai from Berlin, Germany
beautiful composition...love the detail in the grass, and the bokeh is very nice as well :)
17 Jun 2009 8:37am
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
This is sooo peaceful and gentle - beautifully done.
17 Jun 2009 8:47am
SePp from Trier, Germany
very beautiful b&w! Like the seat benchs in the background!
17 Jun 2009 9:17am
pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal
great mood you created here, the bokeh is very nice as well.
17 Jun 2009 10:08am
Jaol from Spain
Perfect vignetting, I like the benches at the background, and perhaps I miss someone to be seated, but the sceneries are not always the way we'd like, anyway this one is pure beauty.
17 Jun 2009 10:15am
Hiro from Kyoto, Japan
These small grasses are always watching over the benches and people there.
17 Jun 2009 11:33am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
nice composition and wiew from the grass, excellent DOF ! poetic mood !
17 Jun 2009 11:36am
Marcie from United States
So very peaceful. Love your point-of-view and how you've framed this with the grass in the foreground.
17 Jun 2009 11:52am
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Really like the focus in this one. Very nice.
17 Jun 2009 12:02pm
Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada
Wonderful perspective on this shot Sharon! A soothing and reflective shot. ;-)
17 Jun 2009 12:05pm
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
Great DOF. This composittion is simply wonderful. Very nice work. Congrats!!
17 Jun 2009 12:32pm
one way photo / Mark from Essex, United Kingdom
Nice to get down low like that. The two benches really shout out 'absence'
17 Jun 2009 1:02pm
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
great effect from the shallow depth of field....lovely mood!
17 Jun 2009 1:09pm
rian from mobile, United States
a fine b&w image, very nice dof and i like the overall feel of it too.. nice work! :)
17 Jun 2009 1:11pm
Otto K. from Atlanta, United States
really like this little "peek" B&W image. nice. :)
17 Jun 2009 2:39pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States
Absolutely perfect mix of photo and quote.
17 Jun 2009 2:48pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
wonderfully cinematic BC!! love the emphasis on timelessness and nature with man as a second and distant thought! lovely!!
17 Jun 2009 3:11pm
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Nice composition! Very beautiful poetic image! Excellent DOF!
17 Jun 2009 4:49pm
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
Super composition and DoF. Your wonderful grey scale is at wok.
17 Jun 2009 4:54pm
Terry H. from Azle Texas, United States
Great low angle and love the benches in the background , wonderful processing as well.
17 Jun 2009 4:57pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
I love the winding effect here, nicely composed sharon. the DOF is just perfect from the benches!
17 Jun 2009 5:04pm
Mike from United States
Very nice. I like how it quickly goes from sharp to soft. The benches almost call you to them.
17 Jun 2009 5:10pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
It's lovely and I like it in greyscale.
17 Jun 2009 5:21pm
PixeLuz from Vitória, Brazil
And we are just like this grass, pushed by the winds. Nice vision of our fragility.
17 Jun 2009 5:39pm
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
Concentrating on the sweetness helps forgetting everything else. Is the act of looking at those grasses that is important.
17 Jun 2009 6:09pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
A great mood is created by this carefully crafted image. Love it.
17 Jun 2009 9:21pm
xavier cardell from menorca-barcelona, Spain
Amazing BW. The composition and the DOF are excellent.
17 Jun 2009 9:36pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
Very moody, or dreamy... image. Open to possibilities and interpretations.
17 Jun 2009 11:32pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Great illustration for the words of Carver, one of my favorite poet and writer.
18 Jun 2009 4:55am
10fraction from Rennes, France
very suggestive background, and it's suggest human presence beyond the plants. I enjoy the softness of this picture
18 Jun 2009 6:36am
Rui from Leiria, Portugal
Excellent mood you created here Sharon. Almost like a dream.
18 Jun 2009 10:58am
dkc from Xanthi, Greece
Love the vignetting effect and the benches on the background! You created a very nice photo again Sharon! Very nice photo indeed...
18 Jun 2009 1:02pm
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
WOW!!!! This just so beautiful!! It is so calming and peaceful...great work bc:-)
18 Jun 2009 1:58pm
Framed and Shot from Houston, Texas, United States
Great shot. Peaceful and we love the focus point.
18 Jun 2009 4:53pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
I can never think of grass or weed when mentioning the word certainty. BUT, we can be certain grass and weed will always come out with a bit of water and rain. Nice shot and title.
18 Jun 2009 6:21pm
Ian from A tranquil leafy place, United Kingdom
I like the sentiment and feel it in the shot. Nice post. :-)
18 Jun 2009 7:49pm
Andy from United States
Great shot of these reeds at eye level! Love the processing too.
18 Jun 2009 8:25pm
Phototherapy from Switzerland
What a pleasure to come back on this original pov, with the benches lost in the white of the absence.
18 Jun 2009 8:27pm
photo retouching from Spain
I really like the way you have played with the depth of field in this shot.
18 Jun 2009 8:46pm
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Has a certain doomed feel to it, great use of dof.
19 Jun 2009 4:11am
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
The wonderful quote lends tremendous depth to this delicately composed image of something so simple yet so significant...great work!
19 Jun 2009 6:18pm
Toni from Eastern Washington, United States
Well done, Sharon. It looks like something I would do. ;)
21 Jun 2009 7:12am
Nathan from Los Angeles, United States
Great shot, it has a very delicate feel to it.
24 Jun 2009 8:26pm
Nikon D70
1/60 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
70 mm