This looks very German and very fast. Good idea!

Kathryn: I wonder, Martin, does it make you miss the Bundesstrasse through small villages and the Germany countryside?

Very atmospheric. Well done on the blur.

Kathryn: Thanks so much. Taken from a moving car...

I'm having flashbacks here, Kathryn.

Kathryn: Mary, flashbacks to?

…the road to you, my darling, is paved with the freshly cut roses.
the drops of blood from my feet rival the beautiful blossoms…

Kathryn: ...the road to you is paved with autumn leaves, that drift past my window, almost obscure in the blurred haste of space and time

Great work Kathryn. I am becoming dizzy watching this...its moving too fast

Kathryn: Richa...."slow down, you move too fast, you've got to make the morning last"

My God !!! I am feeling drawn speedily towards it.Very enigmatic shot Kathryn.

Kathryn: Aps...to what are you drawn toward? Let's hope it is something/someone that you are very much interested in..

LOL at Martin and Viktor! I guess the autobahn does come to mind. The freshly cut roses? Hmmm. He does have a good imagination, so we'll leave it to him and you....

I love it, Kathryn!

Kathryn: Ginnie..the Bundesstrasse. Nice to know you love it Ginnie. The country roads here, as you know, are charming.

I think Martin must know first handed about speeding ! He seems to recognize very fast!

Fantastic idea and really nicely done Kath ! I like !!

Kathryn: Thanks much....glad you like it! The country side here is beautiful.

Trees like a zip opening the sky. It looks like my father's photo, but here we have a speed effect as well. Very nice !!! Ann

Kathryn: Thank you, Ann. Yes the trees are like a zipper opening the sky, Have you ever laid down in a car while on a trip and just looked up and seen only the sky and those trees zipping past as if there is nothing else in the world...just you, the sky, and the trees?

No German autobahn for me and no roses as suggested. It's more French. More those wonderful French roads from Northern France that were lined with populars. A great image acting as a catalyst for those past memories of mine. richard.

Kathryn: R, past memories and a catalyst. What more could I hope for?

Where in northern France? I lived in northern France as a little girl.

You can just feel the speed in this shot Kathryn. Great one

Kathryn: Thank you, Tracy.

What's the hurry, then? Perhaps the absence has been a bit longer than was planned. This trip is certainly more about the destination than the route.

Kathryn: Ray, the man who cuts through it all and calls it as he sees it in a very gracious way, often splashed with humor.

Perhaps it was a longer absence than planned...but then you know, Ray, there are times when I need to be without something to appreciate it. A friend once told me that I should relish the thought of missing,,,

Powerful and beautifully composed. Love the movement. (:o)

Kathryn: Thanks much. Roz. Nice to know you enjoy it.

...is a rush already

Kathryn: ha Terry...a play on words...

I really like this one Kathryn, reminds me of long trips where the scenery become one long blur after a while.

Kathryn: Aussie, I know just what you mean!

Great dramatic shot. You seem to drive fast !

Kathryn: Flo, *grin* why else would I have a sports car...of course I drive too fast!

Thanks for the comment.

Wow, simply beautiful!!!

Kathryn: Thanks, Patrick. The German countryside taken while speeding past.

ghostly!!

Kathryn: Okay I can deal with ghostly...You sure you did not mistake the a for an a?

Excellent picture. Were you speeding in a car or speeding the zoomlens? It does look very european country.

What's going on with you and VZ great ode to passing trees.

Kathryn: In a car, Louis with a smidge of zoom tossed in for effect.

VZ and I? We are coauthors, it seems.

Wow! Great creation! I like this idea! Very well done!

Kathryn: Oh thank you so very much!

it would be nice if the road lead to Leeds,lol, so i could buy you a good old fashioned pint of keg beer, great idea Kathryn and well exacuted

Kathryn: hahhahah Tim, You wanna give me beer so I will talk even more than I do now and tell all my photographic tricks!

This is the road you drive down in dreams. Endless and straight. In dreams you never arrive. In reality, sometimes you arrive all too soon. Smashing picture Kathryn

Kathryn: Bill, smashing thoughts...I had never considered that sometimes you might arrive too soon...

Aah... i can feel my organs pressing against my spine! Nice shot!

Kathryn: Thank you so much! I hope your organs survive the joy ride.

Very nice atmospheric shot. You seem heading to nowhere...

Kathryn: the story of my life, Richard. Heading to nowhere or everywhere in a huge hurry..Do you ever feel that way?

Lovely sense of movement and good use of perspective. I like the mono.

Kathryn: Thanks much, Eillie. The colors were too much for me...

I like the idea, very nice speed feeling, and love tyhe lines on the road...not sure about the bright part in the sky though...

Kathryn: Thanks much, Aksel, glad you found elements of it you like. I will have to have a talk to the sky about those bright parts peeking through the clouds next time

I am feeling that way very often Kathryn...

Work of art! This is a likey for me.

Kathryn: Thank you so kindly, Kay. Honored.

So well spotted : Thumbs up !!

Excellent - I like the ambiguity of the image, even though the title at first reading seems specific.

Could imply the rush to being reunited, but then again the point of infinity might imply it is an endless journey.

Either way the path is clear with no competition in sight other than that endless road, or perhaps the line of poplar trees lurking on the right.

Kathryn: Richard (trimage) once remarked that the titles of my images were too leading. And I told him about the email exchange we had about guarding of intent. As I was talking to him, I thought about Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" and thought to try to neutral ourselves is hopeless. Let's acknowledge it at the very basic of levels..the way we frame something, focus, even the very thing at which we aim the camera, blah blah blah and then be done with it. And then leave the rest of the work to the viewer.

wonderful yet again...how long did you say you have been into photography? Please dont tell me its less than 10 years!

Kathryn: Liam, thank you so much. I think started about 8 years ago, then for about 5 years, I did not touch a camera. Actually I've been only really focused on it again, since I joined SC. That is not to say I never took pictures, but here and there very infrequently. But Liam, I've dabbled in many forms of visual communication for years.