man & nature # 283 ~ words to picture (and live) by
An Adirondack backyard ~ Jay, NY • click to embiggen
Do not be caught by the sensational in nature, as a coarse red-faced sunset, a garrulous waterfall, or a fifteen thousand foot mountain... avoid prettiness - the word looks much like pettiness - and there is but little difference between them. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 11:59AM
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gravitas et nugalis
in man and nature
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gravitas et nugalis
in man and nature
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4 Comments
Reader Comments (4)
Really like this shot
Don't know if I'd want to live in that backyard ;-).
But I must say Mark, after reading your blog and looking at the work of better photographers (which includes you), I feel that I'm starting to move beyond photographing the "obvious".
Well, you said in our conversation that one of your objectives as a photographer was to make "edgy" images. This one's kind of like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard.:)
But maybe another Emerson quote says it best:
"The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting".
"...fingernails on a chalkboard..." Absoultely no way!