Secret Places - SL, RL, VL
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it should be autumn.. it's hot.
and then it's not.
a cool rush....
clouds brushing the hills
and suddenly
straight into the weather
this bird.
single icm image
pretty much as was
with extra somethings in another layer ;-)
the hills at twilight
1.6 seconds
a glimpse of snow
in a world getting warmer
land longing for winter
icm of the hills.. very slight adjustments to colour and tones.
plus my usual something in another layer ;-)
and for those inclined ;-) Kate Bush's 'Snowflake' from the album '50 Words for Snow': www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXI8iB_TTuM
( thanks for the introduction f :-)
and for those inclined.. Sweet Honey in the Rock: 'breaths':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3e-zLKyZLw
music I've listened to most my life (thank you Kate...)
lyrics based on the poem 'Breaths' by Sengalese poet Birago Diop.
here's to listening
to mystery
happy free from fences friday ;-)
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for half a second at sunset
an embrace between land and sky
alters both
Single ICM image
Raw Conversion
Something added in another layer
yes.. I'm predictable ;-)
And for those inclined
Nick Mulvey's 'Fever to the Form'
from the album, First Mind:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds0jtuyslbI&list=PLXx1YQY-YNy... :-)
standing in one place
following hills to the sea
my mind is a cloud
wishing you good weather for dreams...
I'm behind as usual... looking forward to catching up ;-)
Thank you Rae for such a beautiful testimonial.....those words meant alot
to me and i want to dedicate this flower to you for your kindness. You are
so beautiful inside and out and i want you to know i cherish my friendship
with you. One Love. Hugs n kisses. xoxoxoxo
terra incognita
courage and wonder
one step and then the next...
an early morning icm image
with my usual something else hiding in another layer :-)
no planet b
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All the images in this series start with photographing Flagstaff,
the big hill I live beneath. The photographs are taken in low light, so I can use a slow shutter speed (maybe one day I'll buy a ND filter ;-) And by moving the camera during the shot.
What's recorded by the camera, is not only the hill, but what unfolds during that moment's motion. The results can be surprising... Whole new landscapes emerge. Secret places, that disappear as soon as they're revealed ;-)
single ICM image
straight from the camera
and something small added in another layer..
you know the story :-)
it's written in light
dark times are for planting seeds
and for those inclined ;-) Kyson's 'Every High' piano solo remix
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyOlWGSwICA :-)
an icm image of the pleiades,
also known as matariki in new zealand.
maori new year begins when matariki rises in midwinter:
a time to look back.. to look forward..
a time to decide what to plant...
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night falls
dreams rise
icm of my local ridge-line
combined with an image of clouds
and the usual somethings added somewhere ;-)
here's to dreaming happily
free from fences friday
(it starts early in New Zealand ;-)
standing in one place
the earth and sky in motion
a planet alive
the hills don't understand lockdown :-)
wishing you good light, a peaceful weekend.
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but I very much appreciate the quiet company :-)
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and for those inclined ;-) Neil Young's 'Peace Trail'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhkzwdOpKC4. (especially for Bob :-)
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comments off for now
but the quiet company is very much appreciated :-)
cool clouds calming land
dreaming of an antidote
for a world on fire
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clouds enfold the hills
a river flowing somewhere
singing with the rain
half a second at dusk
the hills once again.. become elsewhere :-)
ICM of the local ridge-line
and multiple exposures of... other things ;-)
in solidarity with Australia
2000km beyond this horizon
yet the hills here wear your ash
and dream of soft rain
and for those inclined, Aunty Flo's 'Rainfall on Red Earth' from the The Soniferous Garden EP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mImjK79Sc9E
I should say.. the colour here is from a sunrise last winter, not smoke (that was merely poetic licence ;-) But the Australian smoke has been in the air here, to see and to smell. I read it will likely travel around the earth twice.
no planet b...
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first light above the ridge
hills half asleep
not yet able to hold their form
woven with mist
wrapped in dreams
ICM single shot
two raw conversions for colour
and a double exposure with my usual extra something
in here somewhere ;-)
and for those inclined
'Laurens Walking' by Angelo Badalamenti
from the soundtrack of 'The Straight Story' (wonderful film)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk8Y-XxaAog :-)
Like the hills, I'm only halfway here...
Catch up with you over the coming weeks :-)
Another journey with my camera at twilight
the same local ridge-line
a different country.
One ICM exposure.
Two raw conversions of it for colour.
And something else added in another layer...
not so quiet this time ;-)
Oh and best viewed in low light.
I made this at night
and was very surprised in the morning
to see how dark it seems in bright light.
Afqa Waterfall in Lebanon. One of the finest waterfalls in the mountains of the Middle East, which feeds into the Abraham River. In Greek mythology Adonis was born and died at the foot of the fall of Afqa.
at dawn
a shower of light
the hills open
here's to the earth
and it's remarkable journey around the sun..
happy solstice journey!
comments off for now ( I'll be back)
my sincere thanks for the company :-)
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to tenderly sail
into the great unknowing...
the moon lift's anchor
and for those inclined... Liz Carroll plays See it there/Con Cassidy's (slow reels) from the album Lost in the Loop: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrNDIu1IduQ :-)
she's always been here
hiding inside the ridge lines
the origin
whose embrace
welcomes us home
one second at twilight
an icm image of my local ridge-line
some work with colour, levels, & a little dodge&burn
to bring out the forms (that I clearly saw in there :-)
and my usual something hidden in another layer ;-)
apologies.. I'm miles behind
catching up perpetually...
* and if anyone's interested... the original unedited image is in a comment box below (keep scrolling down :-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuVWM3zmeyg&feature=related
My secret place ... Joni Mitchell
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Impressionisme de l,etang magique
Stukely sud
Quebec
Canada
Hiya all! Im only getting a chance to tell you something about this pic now, as I had to head out early this morning and Im just back.
The view shows the beautiful village of Laragh in the middle distance and looking straight towards the monastic city of Glendalough.
The mountain on the left is Derrybawn. and on the right is Brockagh,Straight ahead is Camaderry and the large one at the very back is Lughnaquilla, which is the 2nd highest mountain in Ireland at 931m. Lugnaquilla is called after the God," Lugh [Lew] of the strong left arm ". Now I dont know why his left arm should be stronger than his right arm, but apparently he never got married and Im told there are only two types of men in this World, the man who says he dosent and the man who says he gave it up!!!! And no, Im not explaining that one to you!!
Anyway, this is a very unusual view as not many people have climbed this way. Im grateful to my friend Jim who knows all these amazing places. To me it is beautiful beyond words and I fill up every time I look at it. Its probably the history I share with this place.
Im really delighted that you like this snap as its just as I took it from the camera. With such beauty, why you would ever need to do anything to it.
Hope your weekend is super!!!!!
P@t.
" Where mountainy man has sown,
And soon will reap,
Near to the gates of Heaven "
[ Padraic Pearse ]
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Eternal Flame Waterfall
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There is a place where I like to go. It takes me away where no one knows. I like it because I can see, where no one can bother me. This place is where I like to be, you see. So if you ask where I go, this I will tell you, no one knows.
"I'm going to take you to
My special place
It's a place no amount of hurt and anger
Can deface
I put things back together there
It all falls right in place
In my special space"
Joni Mitchell
Photographed with my Kodak Special Six-20 (flic.kr/p/2mHW4G3) and Ilford HP5+ film, developed in PMK Pyro 1.5:2:100, 11 minutes.
for a second
at twilight
the ridge-line unfolds
weaving hills
into a secret country
that floats
into a dream
of waves
Single ICM image of the local ridgeline
with a double exposure of something so quiet
you might not find it ;-)
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There was one subject on which we were unanimous. No arguments whatsoever on this one. From the moment Lee shared a black and white beauty he’d found in these pages, the deal was done. Whatever else we came here to take pictures of, the little bent tree in the wilderness was going to be one of them. At least assuming we could actually find it, that was. All we were certain about was that it was on Dartmoor, and that none of us had seen it on our travels. And although there are a number of very compelling images of it on this platform, none of you was very forthcoming about how to find it. A well guarded secret. And with nine hundred and fifty-four square kilometres of national park to explore, simply happening across it was about as likely as picking the correct numbers for the National Lottery. We needed somebody to tell us where it was. But it didn’t stop us digging. Dave managed to find an article that convinced us he’d narrowed it down to a few sprawling hectares.
It so happened that the author of Lee’s discovery was one of my regular contacts, so I messaged her and asked if she remembered where it was. But as an overseas visitor who’d been chauffeured around the moors for a couple of days, she had no idea. Perhaps she had been sworn to silence. I suspected I knew who’d shown it to her, so I asked him next. “Ah yes you won’t find that on your own. I’ll come along and show you where it is.” Nick’s wealth of Dartmoor inside intelligence seemed to be matched only by his stellar photographic talents and his generosity of spirit. We arranged to meet up with him during our visit, and he sent me details of where I’d need to park. I recognised the screenshot from Google Maps straight away. It seemed Dave’s hunch wasn’t too far from the mark.
In the event, although Nick was able to join us earlier in the day to share another of his secret locations (more of that in another tale), he had to dash off before the afternoon took hold. A good job I’d also arranged to meet another local photographer in the shape of Carl, who spent the day with us traipsing around the moors. It turned out that Carl had also asked Nick for the keys to the kingdom, and having been granted the freedom of the moors, he’d already visited the tree once before. He was keen to return to the scene for another mission. And so after lunch, we headed off towards what would be the final location of the day.
Even though we now knew roughly where the tree was, it was a good job we had a guide. Because standing here at the edge of the car park, it might have well as been on Exmoor for all we could see. Stick a pin in the huge rambling rock strewn green landscape and hope for the best. It was far away enough to deter visitors, its anonymous location protected by an enchantment of bogs and streams in a terrain where only welly boots would take the stubborn few. With a good set of binoculars we might have been able to see it from the top of the rise beyond the car park, but even as we approached the crag upon which the dwarfish hawthorn tree sat, it wasn’t entirely obvious as to exactly where it was. But then we spotted it, clinging to the edge of an expanse of granite tor, tiny and twisting towards us, changing shape from every angle. I hadn’t expected it to be quite so small. “Three ways to shoot it,” Nick had said to me conspiratorially. I hoped to find a fourth.
And here is (maybe) that fourth point of view, the small hunched shape leaning forward, her long locks flowing behind her as she careers down the slope. “I don’t know whether it’s a witch or a skier,” wrote one of my faithful correspondents when I shared this first image on another platform. “Maybe it’s both,” I replied. I don’t know anything about skiing, but “knees bent, lean forward and brace for impact” seem to fit the bill here.
I never did discover the three ways - I found two others that I liked a lot, and three more that I wasn’t so keen on. Excuse me if I’ve been a bit vague about exactly where it is - but seeing as I was entrusted with treasured information and I’m hoping my friends across the river are going to let me in on the inside track again next time I visit, well you know how it is - got to keep the Cornwall and Devon entente going you know. What a beauty she is though, even if finding her was like searching for a very small needle in a city made of haystacks. With such outlandish beauty, she deserves that veil of anonymity.