Looking back through brambles
by skewsme

Comment by tnun:
how lovely. I think this is the picture I have been trying, often, to take.

wood duck
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Comment by streetpigeon:
Cleverly, wonderfully framed.

wood duck
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Comment by tnun:
a new concept of birthing.

The Barn
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Comment by PuppyDogMom:
What? You couldn't get the birds in the picture on the left, too? They sure are hard to train.

weave no tangled webs
by skewsme

Comment by PuppyDogMom:
This is quite interesting.

parking lot puddle
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Comment by streetpigeon:
Certainly a beautiful image. The cracked and refrozen ice interacting with the pebbled shore evokes many emotions, such as impermanence, fragility, tenaciousness, imperfection. My feeling, though, is that it's the gorgeous colors, mainly purple, that grab the attention of the viewer, which is sort of an end run around the esthetic of wabi sabi. I understand that these are the colors that were there, but still find them to be a distraction. On the other hand, one could say that they're a facade, a curtain, that one must see through to arrive at the inner soul of the picture. Don't know, but I lean towards the former impression.

The Barn
by skewsme

Comment by Melethia:
I LOVE those birds... nice way to show the change in seasons too.

parking lot puddle
by skewsme

Comment by PuppyDogMom:
You've made an ordinary puddle look quite interesting.

Looking back through brambles
by skewsme

Comment by posthumous:
layers of beauty

trestle in the distance
by skewsme

Comment by streetpigeon:
I like how, as photographed, the trestle is like an afterthought amid the lacy woods. As are the tracks, too, it is subsumed in nature's profusion. A compelling perspective.