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Winter Trees

"The wet dawn inks are doing their blue dissolve.
On their blotter of fog the trees
Seem a botanical drawing --
Memories growing, ring on ring,
A series of weddings.

Knowing neither abortions nor bitchery,
Truer than women,
They seed so effortlessly!
Tasting the winds, that are footless,
Waist-deep in history --

Full of wings, otherworldliness.
In this, they are Ledas.
O mother of leaves and sweetness
Who are these pietàs?
The shadows of ringdoves chanting, but chasing nothing."

--Sylvia Plath

camera	NIKON D50
exposure mode
shutterspeed
aperture	f/4.5
sensitivity	ISO200
focal length	55.0mm
resolution	2738x1304 pixels

Winter Trees

comments (35)

Black Pearl

On the Internet

14 Jan 2008, 01:03

Wooooow. Great shot.

Kathryn: Oooooww, Thanks so much

Patrick Krolis

Suriname

14 Jan 2008, 02:10

another LIKEY!!!

Kathryn: Nice to know you likey it, Patrick.

Larry Bliss

North Carolina, USA

14 Jan 2008, 02:12

Radiant and mysterious. Very well done...

Kathryn: Thank you, Larry, yes I think mysterious is a good word. When I look at it, I wonder what is there, just out of our visual range.

Atlanta, Georgia

14 Jan 2008, 02:44

...nice shot... great crop... top colors... ooops, no colors... good tones... did I forget something? oh yeah ...WOW... straight to my likeys...
That's all I can say. Who can compete with Sylvia Plath? Not me. Not me, my dear.

Kathryn: Viktor, oddly I dreamt this image a few weeks ago and it had settled down in the back of my mind. I described it in detail to M and told him how haunting it was. Then while on a drive on the countryside a couple of days ago, here just a short walk from my house on a road I've only been on a few times, it found me again. I took this image from the window of the car as we passed.

I wonder about the field's connection with me.

Astrid

The nehterlands

14 Jan 2008, 06:26

Kathryn, I am impressed by the beauty of this picture, for me you are THE master of this kinds of pictures and I agree with Viktor with the same words!!

Kathryn: Astrid, amazing the beauty we are served up on a daily basis, isn't it?

THE master? Oh Oh I am always careful about being up on pedestals. I have an extreme fear of heights

Thanks for your very kind words. How was the trip to Texel? I wonder what it is like in the dead of winter.

Ginnie

United States

14 Jan 2008, 07:22

This is my favorite of yours yet, Kathryn! And Viktor is so right: no one can compete with Syvia Plath!

Kathryn: Thanks, Ginnie. Glad to know you like it so much.

Sadly even Sylvia Plath could not compete with Sylvia Plath :-(

Richard Trim

Leicester UK

14 Jan 2008, 07:48

Excellent K'. richard

Kathryn: Thanks much, R.

Nig

Gym

14 Jan 2008, 08:02

Simply beautiful, Likey!

Kathryn: Wow I must be doing something right, Nig. Thanks much.

Tracy

Stoke on Trent UK

14 Jan 2008, 08:42

Just amzaing Kathryn

Kathryn: Thanks amazing Tracy!

Ian Thompson

Newcastle

14 Jan 2008, 08:46

Great work. I love the simplicity.

Kathryn: Thanks..some times keeping it simple is quite complex.

blackdog

Great Britain (UK)

14 Jan 2008, 09:11

Nice choice of words to accompany this ephemeral image - blotter of fog is an exquisite phrase.

Kathryn: Couple that with the though of dawn inking the trees on that blotter of fog...wow she was amazing, wasn't she?

Louis

South Africa

14 Jan 2008, 09:18

I must watch out that I don't run into Sylvia Plath - she sounds dangerous by some of the other comments

Excellent picture and you have another likey

Kathryn: Dangerous perhaps, but to herself far more than to anyone else. She is not so different from most of us, I think.

Glad you likey the image, Louis. I do too.

nana kofi acquah

Ghana

14 Jan 2008, 10:18

the composition is sparse, strong and unforgettable. The photo is so strong I wonder if it even needs the poetry. It is self sufficient.

Kathryn: Thank you much for your words--thoughts. I am generally very sparse on my words that accompany the posting of my images, but in this case--the photograph combined with both the haunting words and memory of Sylvia Plath, for me, make the image more than what it would be alone. They contextual and pushed me to move in my thinking beyond the obvious to more abstract ideas like connections between the trees in my images and "memories growing" tying their other worldliness to Greek gods or as blackdog noted, dawn inking trees on a blotter of fog.

I am pleased you find this image so strong and unforgettable. Thank you for taking the time to look, react, and leave your thoughts.

tim

leeds, uk

14 Jan 2008, 11:20

oh my Katharyn you have done it again, can't be faulted

have a nice day.........tim

Kathryn: Thanks, Tim. I've come to believe that most people here are so nice they don't fault things much anyway.

Richard Standley

France

14 Jan 2008, 11:35

Very nice and delicate shot Kathryn. Well done

Kathryn: Thanks, Richard.

ray

Thailand

14 Jan 2008, 12:10

I know of Sylvia Plath, but had not read any of her work before this post, Kathryn...Clearly I have been missing out on something very good.

Your beautiful image works well with the Plath images.

Is there a reason why you presented your image without foreground?

Kathryn: There is a foreground, Ray, It fades to black quite quickly though so it fades in with the page. I put a frame on the image and it just was not the same.

Nice to know you like it. Yes, read more Plath.

Martin

United States

14 Jan 2008, 15:02

Today must be the day for naked trees! This is very atmospheric.

Kathryn: Tis the season, Martin!

Jewlya

United States

14 Jan 2008, 15:43

Quite lovely, Kathryn. The emptiness of the composition really works well.

Kathryn: Thanks kindly, Jewlya.

Richa

United States

14 Jan 2008, 16:32

Nice. A perfect winter shot.

Kathryn: Thanks, Richa. It is perfectly winter here.

anniedog

Great Britain (UK)

14 Jan 2008, 16:49

I love this shot - there is something very satisfying about rows of trees and the mist gives it a very delicate, ethereal look. Amazing for being taken through a car window!
Ingrid

Kathryn: Thank to so much. Yup a car window at dusk. The dashboard was cropped out.

Rosalyn Sears

14 Jan 2008, 17:03

Utterly delightful, Kathryn. You have a marvellous and delicate touch with such subjects, and this would look fabulous hanging on a wall. (:o)

Kathryn: I think I might actually print this one just to see what it looks like, Roz. Thanks so much for your encouragement.

Chris

Isle of Wight (UK)

14 Jan 2008, 17:19

Poster material Kathryn

Kathryn: Thanks so much, Chris.

dodge

Canada

14 Jan 2008, 18:36

awestruck and then dumbstruck!
the subject matter, the composition, the tones, the inspiration, the whole craft (and caboodle) combined produces a work of art.
and then...Sylvia Plath.
1+1 equals 10!
thank you for this haunting, evocative (of something in the recesses of my mind, don't know what exactly) image, an image that's drawn with the imagination; photography just happens to be the tool handy for expression.

Kathryn: Dodge, it is my extreme pleasure to share with you as I surf your site quite frequently and draw such inspiration each visit. Nice to know I can reciprocate.

Your last words--"the tool handy for expression" have been my mantra throughout my professional career (which is related to the use of technology as a learning tool and cognitive processes associated). Nice to know I am in the process of practicing what I preach.

Bill Phillips

Droitwich...wet and windy!

14 Jan 2008, 19:30

Right, this is going straight into my likeys. The sheer simplicity of this is wonderful. I want to see this as a huge print.

Oh I wish I had taken this!!!

Kathryn: Bill, glad you like it so much!

Ellie

in a damp United Kingdom

14 Jan 2008, 20:39

Minimalist and absolutely ethereal.

If this is the result a dream, maybe I ought to work on sleeping a bit more

Kathryn: Thanks, Ellie.

The sleep and dreaming--I have a very active sleep life with my dreaming. I've always said that I live an entire other life in my dreams. Have a couple glasses of good red wine and then turn on the news. The news generally bores me to sleep in a matter of 15 minutes. If you want to go to sleep in less than 5 minutes turn on the American news. The recent focus in the USA on Britney Spears is one of the best sleep aids I've ever found!

Aussie

Brisbane

14 Jan 2008, 23:28

Wow, Beautiful Kathryn and Sylvia Plath suits it to a tee.

Scarlet

The Netherlands

15 Jan 2008, 10:18

Stunning Kathryn

Scarlet

The Netherlands

15 Jan 2008, 10:18

Stunning Kathryn

Obioma

United States

15 Jan 2008, 17:17

Great post work. Very haunting

gale

Cape of storms

15 Jan 2008, 17:20

Powerfull!!! excellent photo to accompany the poem. I remember seeing her grave in Manchester( or close by)

José-Angel

Catalonia

16 Jan 2008, 14:22

Wonderful and lovely. For my a likey!

Nadine

Netherlands

17 Jan 2008, 11:49

Keep 'm comin'!
Really good stuff Kat!

Kathryn: Thanks much, Nadine. I am trying, but at times I need a little break so I can regain my creative energy.

liam

South Africa

17 Jan 2008, 14:42

yep another likey. Very soft soft soft shot...quite literally seems to have a 3D effect on my eyes. Another fabulous shot Kathryn

Ron S

Worcester UK

30 Jan 2008, 08:24

Lovely, lovely, lovely.

Michael Rawluk

Canada

9 Feb 2008, 05:52

Wonderful. I love all the space that you have given.

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