earth-bound misfit, I
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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
I thought the contrail was a bolt of lightening at first! I also didn't see the 'telegraph wire' in the thumb. Am guessing that orb thingy is the reason for your title? I don't think its a misfit at all.

I was going to say how much I love the trees but guess they are not that special to you as you live in stunning tree country.

nightmare
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Comment by GeneralE:
I really like the look of your wildlife photos -- they make me think I'm browsing through a 1920s National Geographic ...

Colour is its own reward
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Comment by posthumous:
ok yes, great photo, I want to sit there with that light coming into the room redeeming everything, but also it's a great painting, or maybe it's just a great photo making that painting look great. I love that painting.

Colour is its own reward
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Comment by nam:
Great tones and I love the strong texture of the wall. Nicely simple . . . or simply nice :)

Colour is its own reward
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Comment by mariuca:
Oh, straighten the painting for Pete sake Paul! And make sure when someone sits on the chair not to recline and touch it.
After which one can hear the endless murmur

Colour is its own reward
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Comment by streetpigeon:
More than a picture of a painting, the painting serves and delineates the mood of the image. The colors (as we philistines write) are certainly beautiful, those muted blues, greens and whites. And special appreciation for the reflected blue caught by the back of the wicker chair. At the bottom are rich browns, drifting into black, supporting the upper delicacy. The furniture is softly echoed by the bench or table in the painting. Is the antelope skull just hanging there? In a sleight of hand, or eye, it also looks like a bird flying through a window and into the painting. My overwhelming impression is that this is perfect for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." All categories aside, this is simply absorbing and poetic.

Colour is its own reward
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Comment by krnodil:
great capture of stillness and serenity, muted tones suit it

Colour is its own reward
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Comment by insteps:
This is a fine, uncomplicated place to sit and relax. I agree with Andi, the painting could be a mirror image of the opposite wall but I believe this is your outdoor porch in the middle of Kruger. This is home.

Colour is its own reward
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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
This is lovely, everything from the underexposed foreground to the green hue atop the image helps make this what it is. Plenty going on yet still minimilist annd the painting could easily be a mirror image of the opposite wall.

Half a Mind to Kill You
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Comment by mariuca:
If not for your notes, I'd find this photograph almost lirycal. All the lacy landscape under a large neutral sky and its king inspecting his domain makes a sort of Kipling story.