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Parsonsfield, Maine.
Practicing my long exposure water photography on Brown Brook in Parsonsfield today.
It has been cold enough lately to create some nice ice formations along the brook.
Blow Blow thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude…
…Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remember'd not.
This painting is from the end of his career, and helps explain Sir John's popularity with the crowds at the Royal Academy. At the centre is the hapless dog, divided in its loyalty to the shivering mother with her child, and the man who is deserting her.
It was not altogether a cheery site that he selected for his work-a bleak and draughty place near the gamekeeper's house on Kinnoull Hill-but the scene in front of it was what he wanted, and that was all he ever thought about when bent on business. Looking northward, you see the road winding away around Corsey Hill to join the old highway from Perth to Dundee, described by Sir Walter Scott as "the entrance to the Highlands" on the righ appear some of the fine old Scotch firs that embelish the craggy side of Kinnoull, and on the left are the windswept fields of the Hatton farm. There then in the midst of the snow, he planted himself and his paraphenalia, and bravely worked on his painting from day to day until he had got all he needed to enable him to finish it in the studio.
It is now over twenty years ago that I made my first visit to the places in Tayside that so often formed the background to some of Millais best known paintings, and in particular were the subject of his later landscape paintings. I had become aquainted with Millais Pre-Raphaelite works whilst a Foundation Student at art college, in the mid to late 1970’s the Victorian painters were once again being looked at and enjoyed, their often sentimental detailed and colourful littereary based works were a perfect foil to the then in vogue minimalism of British post – war art. I find it hard to say why it was Millais landscapes, or at least the ones I’d seen only via reproduction attracted me. It was not all of his later lanscapes either, Chill October, Lingering Autumn and Winter Fuel, were initially the best known and in most respects those which had the most magnetic appeal. As with the early and perhaps Millais most completely successful work Autumn Leaves, the best of the landscapes convey a powerful sense of time and place, a bleak and brooding mood that is somehow very compelling. I was eager to see the entire series of Scottish Landscapes, or at least see reproductions of them, some which are now in private collections. I had only seen reproduction of these, and then only in black and white. Strangely these photographic reproductions on a small scale give some of the landscapes, particularly Murthly Moss and The Old Garden an almost photo-realistic quality, I knew that as with the Pre Raphaelite works the artist had claimed to paint every touch from nature. Indeed all the landscapes were painted during a comparable period in France when impressionism was flourishing in France, they appear a curious cul-de-sac and to some a mere footnote to one of the 1850’s most promising young artists. It would appear that the landscapes unlike the portraiture or even the grand subjects of Millais last three decades were painted in parallell with his other preferred Highland activities of fishing and hunting. Typically these works were inconsistent, Flowing to The Sea and Murthly Water appear quite poor from a compositional point of view. The Moon Is Up and The Deserted Garden are not entirely successful attempts to convincingly paint foggy distance or nightfall. What Millais did best and perhaps like no other was to render detail and natural objects such as trees and open stretches of moorland with an almost uncanny eye and shorthand and colour as to make these un-picturesque works convey a powerful sentiment of the changing season echoing a human sense of loss and wistfulness for a simpler more innocent world.
The treatment of Glen Birnam is broad somewhat weak, lacking the rich paint surface of Winter Fuel. Dating from 1891 it is one of a series of winter landscapes from the closing years of Millais life.Perhaps a better snow scene is Christmas Eve. Millais started Christmas Eve from a hut out of doors, and finished it on Christmas Eve at Murthly Castle, the seat of Sir Douglas Stewart. Millais had leased Murthly Castle for ten years beginning in 1881, every autumn he and his family would retire there to indulge Millais' passion for fishing and field sports.
U.S. Marines with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, currently assigned to 3/12, fire the M777-A2 Howitzer down range during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at Blacktop Training Area aboard Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 31st, 2015. ITX 2-15, being executed by Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 4, is being conducted to enhance the integration and warfighting capability from all elements of the MAGTF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson/Released)
This is Church Lodge in Hatfield, South Yorkshire. Despite its name, and proximity to the village church, there's no evidence that this was at anytime occupied by the church or local vicar, instead this Grade II listed building was built circa 1711 and served as a workhouse until 1839 when it was turned into 2 residentail houses. Now a boutique occupies the 'rounded' part of the building - number 13.
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A CH-53E Super Stallion, assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464, is staged for maintenance on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Jan. 29, 2023. Marines with HMH-464 trained in a cold-weather, high-altitude environment to increase proficiency and improve overall combat readiness. HMH-464 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Anakin Smith)
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Bundled up athletes and fans at Bristol Central during the track meet on Wednesday afternoon.
A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe (MRF-E) 19.1 cleans an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during Exercise Northern Screen in Setermoen, Norway, Nov 7, 2018. The exercise increases the Marines’ proficiency in cold-weather, arctic, and mountainous environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nghia Tran) www.dvidshub.net
One of the scenic views along Georgian military road. This is a view going to Kazbegi region in the greater Caucascus mountain range.
Nothing like a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter morning! :)
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Pre-visualization is key in photography but in wildlife photography it seems a bit difficult as most situations rely on chance encounters or the willingness of your subject to behave. But, it is possible to pre-visualize all of the other elements in your shot. I won’t go into details but Jared Lloyd has a great article on his blog you might be interested in reading here: jaredlloydphoto.com/2015/03/05/what-really-matters
This photo of a Bobcat moving through the snow was a shot that I had visualized for some time. But it wasn’t easy to get. We spent several days sitting in deep snow on the edge of the Madison River waiting for this cat to show up. Eventually each day it made an appearance. But the snow on its side of the river was sparse and patchy at best. So I waited, took photos of it jumping, climbing, hunting and going about its business. Patience pays off and for a brief moment I was able to catch it walking through the largest patch of snow that was present at the time.
For some people it’s just a photo of a Bobcat walking through snow, I certainly have more dynamic images of this feline exhibiting some pretty cool behavior but for me it is the realization of a photo that I’d been hoping to capture for some time. I live on the west coast of the United States; Bobcats walking through snow are a rare occurrence for me. I hope you enjoy this image as much as I enjoyed capturing a moment that I previously only dreamed of catching.
On a frigid day I wasn't about to go hiking. I saw this shrub slightly moving in the wind. It called for a creative long-exposure shot.
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Taken today. On Kirov Street in Yakutsk, Siberia / Russia.
In the morning we had -52C, but when I was photographing, it got up to -50C.
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