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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Query in Black and White...



"There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer."
                                                                                                             Ansel Adams 


I've done my part...now I'm curious...What are your thoughts???


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15 comments:

  1. DragonstarMarch 6, 2011 at 12:57 AM

    Love the tree against the snow ripples.

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  2. LindaMarch 6, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    I am drawn by the patch of brightness in the centre of the snowfield.

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  3. TheChieftessMarch 6, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    Thank you Dragonstar! The snow was so pristine in this spot...nothing marring it's surface, just the "snow ripples"!

    I agree Linda! When I first saw this pic, I went right by it...then it grew on my...and when I played with the color to make it B&W, the bright area really drew me in!!! Thanks for commenting!!!

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  4. Petrea BurchardMarch 6, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    I can't deconstruct this. It all works together for me. For example, I love the light patch, but it wouldn't be so compelling if I wasn't peering at it from behind the dark, scratchy branches.

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  5. TheChieftessMarch 6, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    That's pretty much exactly what drew me to take the photo Petrea! That bright area drew me in...but the dark tree kept me there!!!

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  6. Genie -- Paris and BeyondMarch 7, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    It feels like a giant wave of moving snow, more like a swell than a crashing wave... just beautiful!

    G

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  7. TrishMarch 7, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    well, let's try this again

    beautiful shot

    reminds me of XC skiing +20 years ago in a bowl on Mammoth Mtn on a sunny but really cold day. Made for icy skittering down the road later in the shade, but the sunny bowl made for some lovely telemarking in the deep powder.

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  8. TheChieftessMarch 7, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Ohhh Genie!!! I like that description!!! Thank you!

    Sounds like a wonderful memory of XC skiing Trish!!! One of the things that I loved about this spot was that it was so pristine..no tracks!!! In and around town, spots like this would be interlaced with tracks of all sorts!!!

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  9. AntoniaMarch 7, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Magnificent composition and atmosphere!

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  10. TheChieftessMarch 7, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Thank you Antonia!!!

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  11. JustineMarch 8, 2011 at 4:31 AM

    this is so beautiful in black and white

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  12. TheChieftessMarch 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    Thank you Justine!

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  13. TrishMarch 8, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    ditto Genie's idea!

    when I was XC up there +20yrs ago, we made the tracks, not following others...oh how things change in a few decades! hard to find pristine areas like that anymore.


    lol...wv: ditico...didn't even see this before I made the above comment!

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  14. BlameyMarch 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    Beautiful picture of a beautiful environment. I often find myself similarly placed in St Kilda http://stkildatoday.blogspot.com albeit on an urban beach; extraordinary peace but no one else there - at work or having fun elsewhere I suppose

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  15. TheChieftessMarch 8, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Thank you Michael! I visit your blog often and am always impressed by the quality of your photos!

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