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All of life is a foreign country.
-Jack Kerouac-
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There's a weird dichotomy in the weather this time of year. At this point the snow has melted, but winter has gone into temporary remission rather than full retreat. We get brilliant days filled with sunshine and magnificent skies, but tempered by extreme cold and wind. Looks can be deceiving as was the case this day. By the looks off it you'd think this was shirtsleeve weather suitable for a walk in the park. On the other side of the lens is me bundled in winter survival mode, wrapped head to foot and still feeling the penetrating cold wind. There's an eeriness to days like this that I've felt often. Massive, multi-acre burial grounds with not a single living soul except me. People tend not to venture out in extreme weather, yet time and again that's precisely what motivates me. This can be a very depleting experience, moving from grave-to-grave, absorbing a bit of sadness with each one. Reading gravestone inscriptions, studying the mementos and tributes, and seeing faces of the dead, literally dozens of them, in small cameo portraits left by loved ones. Smiling faces of people then full of life, now forever consigned to this place. It's very humbling. I paused for a while taking in this coppery-bronze painted statue of the Madonna. I was transfixed by the utter clarity of the day, like looking at life through a high def filter. And the eerie gaze of the baby Jesus upon me. In this moment my preoccupation with the freezing cold was forgotten.
A set of long exposures from Helsinki on a busy Sunday: Oodi becomes quite quiet with 215-second exposure
A set of long exposures from Helsinki on a busy Sunday: The western entrance of Railway Station completely desolated
Created and uploaded for the "Photo Interpretation" challenge at ✣ The Music Room - The Photo Gallery ✣ group..
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I choose this photo to accompany the music selected by J.Noella : ♪ ♫ Hate Me ~ Blue October ♫ ♪
Driving around the New Forest a couple of days ago, trying to spot some compositions in the frost, I came across a group of trees/bushes that had been subject to controlled burning recently. By isolating one of them within a composition of frozen open land, I felt it portrayed the cold, lifeless feeling of the landscape during this current cold spell.
One of our local egret neighbors searches the last remaining areas of a pond that still has water - it was generally a dry summer. However, I am still surprised of its ability to catch fish, even though looking through such murky water!
After years of nature restoration the peataera Vragenderveen has become a tough place for trees leaving a desolated feeling
Door succesvol herstel avn het hoogveen beginnen de bomen het steeds moeilijker te krijgen. Afgelopen zomer zijn veel berken opgeruimd met een kale desolate aanblik. Ziet apart, maar is een goed teken.
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The only veil that stands between perception of what is underneath the desolate surface is your courage.
Dare to breach the surface and sink.
Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
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I suppose there is a silent beauty in desolation, but in all of my other photographs I have strived to show a lush beauty of the natural environment, elegance in human endeavor and a regeneration of hostile urban environments.
We need leaders who are interested in preserving the natural environment, and who are interested in cooperating with other nations to accomplish that goal. I am very concerned that our current leaders may not recognize the need to protect the environment.
(Rest assured that Lake Superior, and Presque Isle are still vibrant and lush...this picture was altered for effect to reflect what the world could look like if it is not cared for).