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I've decided to start 2024 with some escapist fantasy. Come along with me on the ship "Fantasi". :-)
Ascension
"...while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight." [Acts 1:9 NKJV]
Sun rises in fog Sleepy morning waking up Light dance on treetops
Color range on tree leaves in Autumn is like nature's swag. These are "Swag Times".
Fleeting
Autumn's a funny season. It's always remembered for the changing colors of natures garments. But that is, in reality only a short part of Autumn. This week, the first week of November, about one week after this photo was taken, the leaves are almost 100% down (gone, kaput). Autumn starts in September when leaves are still green and by the second week of October the change in leaf color escalates and you blink and it's over. The rest of Autumn (the majority) is marked by dark skies, rainy (or snowy) weather and bare trees. I suppose that's what make Autumn colors so special - the brevity. It's temporary status. Trying to hold on to it is like trying to hold water in your hand. It slips away of it's own accord, in it's own time and is gone. Kinda like life.
has it been over two months already?
What’s all this crop?
In my photography I've started thinking about "how I can make things look longer or taller." I think the right crop might be the answer. The two photos today are examples of my pursuit of this idea. I've always loved vertical landscapes which comes from my interest in vertical Japanese woodblock prints like the ones by Utagawa Hiroshige. I think the particular crop in these two photos, which is a vertical 16X9, creates this effect nicely. It makes the main subject of tall trees look even taller in my mind. It "heightens" their already magnanimous stature. I also used various textures and effects. What I find really funny is that the main tree in the photo on the left is significantly smaller that the tall tree in the photo on the right. It's more of an overgrown shrub, actually, that is about 12 ft tall compared to the large tree on the right which must be about 50 ft tall. But again, I think the crop really goes a long way to lengthen this tree. Hope you enjoy. What do you think? Is the crop pleasing to your eye? Or is it just too much?
... on being and becoming ... 