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I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
Jorge Luis Borges
One of my first images taken when arriving in Iceland earlier this year. The desolation of the farmhouses (many of which are abandoned) underscores the harsh nature of the working on the land. I hope this image captures that feeling.
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“Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly desolate landscape, an overwhelming hallucination can make one feel that oneself, as an individual human being, is slowly being unraveled. The surrounding space is so vast that it becomes increasingly difficult to keep a balanced grip on one's own being. The mind swells out to fill the entire landscape, becoming so diffuse in the process that one loses the ability to keep it fastened to the physical self." - Haruki Murakami
It's amazing how the weather can totally transform a scene, this is one of my favourite locations in the UK for shooting and walking, I like to get up here in different weather to show how the scene just takes on a whole new feel, the weather this trip was extremely harsh and was snowing for the most part this day, it was pretty hard to get anything without having the element covered in snow and having to start again, just a case of keeping trying until you got blob free images, not the easiest when your trying to shoot a pano sequence...
Luckily the odd break / reduction in snowfall allowed some shots to be bagged with the tops of the mountains still visible against the darker areas of the snow filled sky.
The day after this was taken the land was far more visible and a lot of the snow had gone until it started again later i the day, this was pretty much what I wanted with the little cottage almost disappearing in the the mass of white beneath the now scary looking mountain, looking back to the shots I took here in August it is almost unrecognisable as the same place, but still the thoughts of lighting a fire in there with a decent bottle of single malt remain the same! even more so at this time of year.....
Leviticus 26:32 “And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.”
It can be easy to feel alone in life. Sometimes we feel so battered its hard to even imagine anyone there. We have all walked through the desert season before in our lives. It is hard, painful, and very exhausting. It may feel like we have explored every corner of the pit we find ourselves in except the escape rope. The hardest thing about these seasons is that we are believing deceptive lies that are keeping trapped in a prison cell too weak to walk out the open door. In each time we walk through this season, there is hope at the end my dear Christian. There is a Light that will not fade and a fire that will not burn out. As I look back at such a desolate place as this, there was a glimmer of hope and one that would not disappoint. To those of you who are in that season right now, take courage as the Lord is reaching His hand out to you to rescue you! To those of you who may not understand what rescue I am talking about, I am talking about the eternal rescue of our soul. Only Jesus can save you and it is my plea and my prayer that you would cry out to Him and be set free! With much love and compassion, your brother in Christ - Isaac
n.*Desolateness:
The state of being desolate i.e. rendered unfit for habitation or use.
Peeled Roof, Barn in St-Ursule, Quebec, Canada.
My camera is still off for repair after taking a salt water bath in Kauai so I am getting around to reprocessing some older shots that I never got right. This one is from this summer in Desolation Wilderness.
Sony a7r, Canon 17-40 f4L
I took this on my photo walk last week. I'm not sure I like where the sliding took me, but it's different, anyway. HSS!
Two textures by pareeerica on Flickr, one by CoffeeShop Blog.
It is great to see storm clouds building up again so soon in the Southwest! We have our fingers crossed for a good monsoon later this summer. This is a great time to try and capture dramatic clouds and storms! We have a couple spots open on our Monsoon White Pocket Overnight Workshop. Learn more here: actionphototours.com/white-pocket-photo-workshop/
The bristlecone pines are some of my favorite trees. In Utah they grow in very high elevation areas with dolomitic soil. The cold temps, poor soil quality, and high altitude tend to exclude other types of plants, allowing these trees to flourish in their own special ecosystem. But it comes at a cost. These trees grow very slowly. In fact, their needles can stay on the tree for nearly 40 years! That is why the live branches on the tree tend to look like bottle brushes, which is how they got the name bristlecone!
The dirt road from Big Water to Smoky Mountain passes through
shale badlands that present desolate vistas. Here, Mancos shale beneath orderly layers of sandstone. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT
The last few weeks sucked the last life out of my bones.
No image could express my own condition better than this one.
Dear spring, please come and breathe new life into me...
I stood in awe of the desolate beauty.
So lucky to capture the full moon setting
behind the barren branches.