| camera | NIKON D50 |
| exposure mode | full manual |
| shutterspeed | 1/100s |
| aperture | f/4.2 |
| sensitivity | ISO200 |
| focal length | 62.0mm |
| resolution | 544x700 pixels |
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In The Early Morning Rain
"In the early morning rain With a dollar in my hand With an achin in my heart And my pockets full of sand I'm a long way from home And I miss my loved ones so In the early morning rain With no place to go"
comments (41)
Wonderfully brave composition. It works very well. I like the tonal gradient in the sky.
Kathryn: Thank you. Nice to know you like it. I am not sure what you mean by brave? Would you kindly explain to me?
I can see this hanging on a big bare wall.
Kathryn: in a gallery?
Oh the joy of that early morning rain!
Kathryn: Indeed Mary. Have a listen to Eva Cassidy's version of "Early Morning Rain"
Nice! Makes me wonder about the big universe and the tiniest dot that we are!
Kathryn: Aren't we though. Richa?
Yet another solitude. Another story of remorse. Wordsworth would have created many more poems "The Solitary Horse" and now "The Solitary Tree"... Very well done!
Kathryn: Gautam. maybe you will write "The Solitary Tree"
PERFECT to me, very well taken and a wonderfull crop, how big is the universe....
Kathryn: thanks, Astrid...all I did for the crop was just a smidge off the top of the universe. It was raining out and the weather was gray and there was the tree in his great big universe.
You couldn't have "said" it any better, Kathryn! The open spaces of our achin' hearts....
Kathryn: Those open spaces and aching hearts are what keep us connected, aren't they?
Minimilism maximised. Done very well .... Oh and I like the big wide space.
Kathryn: Thanks, R. Wide open spaces...maybe you will come back as an American cowboy in your next life lol
Out on runway number nine
Big 707 set to go Well I'm out here on the grass Where the pavement never grows Where the liquor tasted good And the women all were fast There she goes my friend She's rolling out at last A Philip Glass Photo and a Gordon Lightfoot song. This has started my day off beautifully
Kathryn: Nice to know that, Bill and nice to know we both appreciate Gordon Lightfoot. What bittersweet words he wrote.
Makes me wonder at: how small is our planet in the universe...
Kathryn: Just a grain of sand. Richard.
perfect words for a lovely image
Kathryn: Thanks kindly, Paul. Gordon Lightfoot wrote the words. I felt them.
home sick Kathryn? if your trying to convey how you feel just now you could not have got the message across any better
Kathryn: Tim, I need another dose of my granddaughter and kids in the USA. Soon I'll be heading back for another little while.
I love the frame !!! This sky seems to be white and the landscape just in the low of the photo ( I don't know if we say it like this but I think you'll understand ). I love this !!! Maybe you could have edited it without the border, then the landscape could have got mixed up with all the page ... Well done !!!
Kathryn: Thank you, Ann. I gave it a try without the border and it got too lost in the page with no foreground. The image is pretty much as I took it other than the obvious B&W conversion and a tiny little crop off the top.
I like the disproportion here, the tree seems so little in this vast sky. Well done Kathryn !
Kathryn: Thanks so much, Flo. Disproportion is most likely a reality.
Very good K. I can feel the oppressive weight of the void.
Kathryn: me too, Mike, me too :-(
Brave?.... well I suppose I could have said 'bold' or 'adventurous'. It takes a bit of nerve to put the horizon so low. Entirely successful though.
Kathryn: Thanks much. Not so sure about bold, maybe just realistic.
this one chimes a very deep note in the mood i'm in. off travelling to the hinterland, come dawn
Kathryn: Ah Terry, but those trips frequently take you to places that put reality into perspective.
For reasons I can't explain, this movie reminded me of a scene from the [mostly] morbid movie called "Hud".
yet the tree is not down on its luck...just a little lonely now that the leaves have drifted away.
Kathryn: The tree shall rise again, Ray. Come spring, I am sure I will post a picture of him in all his glory.
I googled Hud. Sounds interesting. The images on the database I use to look up movies had some very intriguing images.
wow!
before scrolling down i thought there was an error downloading the pix! for someone who doesnt mind 'claustrophobic' cropping, this is sure something! glad u're still blogging here
Kathryn: Doc! So nice to see you again. Yes blogging and yes still love a good close up crop too! You do know that about me.
How are you doing? Seems forever since we talked. Nice to know you wow it.
I think this composition works really well to convey a particular mood of emptiness. I would like to see this printed really big.
Ingrid
Kathryn: Thanks, Ingrid. Emptiness for sure.
This is what I call commanding attention. The tree finally got it's due. Love the composition.
Kathryn: Sandeep, you are back! Where have you been? I've been checking your blog for new posting like a mad woman. When will you be posting more of your great images?
Thanks on the comment. Nice to know you like it. Funny that it had to appear dwarfed in comparison to the space to gets his due, huh?
…if the lonely trees could walk
they would go to where they came from if sad eyes still have tears they would cry you a sorrowful poem…
Kathryn: when lonely trees can't walk
they travel in their dreams when sad eyes have no tears they cry sorrowful poems from their hearts...
Daring composition which works so well. I love it, Kathryn. (:o)
Kathryn: This is the same view of the tree that I see most everyday when I drive past. Nice to know you like it.
My my this clearifies just how tiny we really are in the grand scheme of things. Very very nice Kathryn.
The composition makes this picture very special
A lovely idea, super silhouette too
i've always loved space, negative and positive, and this one really works for me. I think a touch more white space and you would have lost it. You touched that fine line but didn't go over it...perfect!
Kathryn: Thanks, Dodge. I wanted all that space (and maybe a little more) to make the void felt.
lol, I like this photo and the use of empty space makes it unique, but I have to admit that when I pulled it up, I got so much empty space, that I thought the computer didn't fully load it, so I refreshed the page!
Oh wow!!! Very creative.
Love the way you have kept the sky in the pic - very nice and brave in very good way
this is one of those shots that makes me jealous. make me wish i had been looking through the camera. great framing and contrast. nicely captured.
Kathryn: Donny, point your camera at a lonesome tree
Fine image Kathryn
Kathryn: Thank you, Chris.
This is a very interesting photo Kathryn. Makes one stare !
Very nice composition
Holey Moley!
To say this pushes my buttons is an understatement a) you have a great eye for an amazing composition and framing, and b) with so much space and simplicity, it probably means something frightfully deep about your inner psyche too. Should we be worried? lol
Kathryn: Sheeplover. I wonder exactly what buttons I've pushed?
a) thanks, it is a blue eye b) I am simply complex and that is scary. Plus I've been known to slay a few dragons with my sharp sword and gentle heart
ah...empty space....a useful concept...brilliantly done here...
Just great composition
Kathryn: Nig, I drive by this tree every morning on my way to my German class. This is how I see it, far off in the distance in the middle of a farmer's fields. I walked out into the field and took photographs of it close up and personal. But it was not the same tree for me seeing it that way. It is almost as if the tree has decided on the composition for me.
super, super composition
Kathryn: thank you kindly!
Images like this are hard to come by, very well done.
this reminds me how some folks yell to be heard and some... speak softly
Simply beautiful
JOhn
Kathryn: Thank you so much, John. Some times in the rush of life, we forget to slow down and enjoy the simple things.
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