In the clearing stands a boxer... Tulip #4, 2021-02-08-A3-C3-Rim-x70-13-58-44-(C,Smoothing4)-copy-1
After Paul Simon, whose last verse of his song "The Boxer" says
"In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving", but the fighter still remains
More wabi-sabi, and another tulip. What I like here is the way the petals, the pistil and stamens, and the stem dance about in the frame, as well as the colors and textures. The result of a multi-image focus stack, this image should reward pretty close examination.
Maximum viewing size on your computer can be found by opening the image in a separate window, making that window maximum size, typing the letter "L" on the keyboard, and then clicking the cursor as long as a '+' appears in it, typically twice.
If you find this image to your liking, you can find more wabi-sabi - and an account of my understanding of the meaning of that term - in my wabi-sabi album, and more tulips in my Tulips album.
BTW, I've taken to putting a white rim around these images on black because, on my iPhone flickr app, it is otherwise difficult to discern the image's edges. I made it tiny because, while large mats look lovely on my desktop monitor, they make it hard for my tired old eyes to view an image on my iPhone's small screen.
In the clearing stands a boxer... Tulip #4, 2021-02-08-A3-C3-Rim-x70-13-58-44-(C,Smoothing4)-copy-1
After Paul Simon, whose last verse of his song "The Boxer" says
"In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving", but the fighter still remains
More wabi-sabi, and another tulip. What I like here is the way the petals, the pistil and stamens, and the stem dance about in the frame, as well as the colors and textures. The result of a multi-image focus stack, this image should reward pretty close examination.
Maximum viewing size on your computer can be found by opening the image in a separate window, making that window maximum size, typing the letter "L" on the keyboard, and then clicking the cursor as long as a '+' appears in it, typically twice.
If you find this image to your liking, you can find more wabi-sabi - and an account of my understanding of the meaning of that term - in my wabi-sabi album, and more tulips in my Tulips album.
BTW, I've taken to putting a white rim around these images on black because, on my iPhone flickr app, it is otherwise difficult to discern the image's edges. I made it tiny because, while large mats look lovely on my desktop monitor, they make it hard for my tired old eyes to view an image on my iPhone's small screen.