Thank you for taking the time to comment on (Quiet Pride). I think you may be right about it being plain and hard to understand, probably why it didn't get rated very well over all. I guess it looked better to me because I can see the palm tree and the lights for what they were when I took the picture, not just what they look like out of context. The lights are just orange branches and such from the street lights near the flag. I am trying to get better at looking at images from the perspective of someone who was not there to see what everything may be. Thanks for the input. I see you've been around Caedes a little while but since I am the first to comment in your profile, welcome anyway :)
Thank you Ashley for your comments on "Backlit Sycamore". When I got my first camera back in the late 70's I took this image. I'll bet I hadn't had the camera 6 months.
I was sitting in my living room and the sun was backlighting these leaves and giving the Sycamore balls little halos of light in their fuzzy coverings. It was a sight just begging to be captured. It's nice to know that after all these years it can still draw attention to itself. Thanks again.
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist’s way of scribbling; “Kilroy was here” on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass.
William Faulkner
Hi Ashley, thanks for the comment on (Love the Swamp). The other half of that little project, (Fear the Swamp) was actually my favorite of the two, but it didn't make it. Oh well :). Glad you enjoyed this one!
"Tall ships & tall kings three
times three. What brought they from the founded land over the flowing sea? Seven stars & seven stones, and one white tree"-The Lord of the Rings
So good to know you devoted so much time and attention to look "at sunset". Sunsets are pure beauties, don't you think? And isn't it interesting that the dust in the atmosphere makes these colours? Nothing like the silence and watching the sun go down... Stay tuned.
Hi Ashley, many thanks for your visit and great feedback on Lighthouse #2 Revised...very glad you found it inspiring and I appreciate your time and stopping to comment.:Pat.
Hey Ashley, thanks for the real nice comments at "under the pier". The water at that spot in the gulf of Mexico really is a beautiful blue. Plus the day was drop dead gorgeous with bright sunny skies. The photo is actually a little over exposed but still I thought it a good shot.
Thanks for the comment on my image...I cant remember how i made the spiral thing, since that was a while ago, and b/c i just stumbled across it while making a fractal flame. The program i used was Apophysis. (There are a lot of neat programs under Navigation --> Other Stuff --> Frequently Used software.)
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
Edward Weston
Hello! Thank you so much for the wonderful comments on my photo of Three horses! I really loved taking their picture. I took a lot! But the one I posted is my favorite. I really liked the original, but I had to chop it down.. anyways, thanks again, you brought a smile to my face with your great words!
Love, Kate