To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt. Susan Sontag
I like this combination of wood and ice. Wood and water have such a symbotic relationship and this image demonstrates one of its many forms. Wood has been cut and shaped from its original form of a tree that relies on water to live. Icicles represent another form of water, of course, and forms its own structure on the outside of the wood in the photo. The image sparks lots of associations with these natural materials.
Of course, I’m focusing on the red in the wood.
great photo — and awesome quote!
The picture is pretty cool–remindsme of CHicago winters.
And wow, where did you find that quote?
my eye is drawn to the support underneath - which makes a fine statement when I look back to the foreground. I feel shelter and the need for it all at once.
This held me for longer than usual.
The wood is wonderfully weathered, it’s veins and whorls emphasized in the greatest way. That the icicles are sticking to it till they finally drip away in the thaw tells of what is here to stay and what is transient. You have captured both, then paired it with a quote that fits it.
What is here and what will soon be gone. Now you see it. Now you don’t.
But for your photo, we would never know about the ice, would we??
:love::love::love:
Momma
to you too!
You photo reminds me of one of Frejaluna’s from a while ago! I still like your picture though!
Great shot. I love photographing ice — it’s so interesting from both a light and a texture point of view.
The joy of winter. Photographing the icy landscape. =]
that quote just blew my reality gasket…
is this part of “home”? or something you spotted along the way? I really like how you see the world, notice the beauty in these things. *~matthew~*
Perfect! And I adore Susan Sontag’s work as well-
On taking pictures of people…nothing makes me gasp in pleasure more than capturing someone I love in all their beauty with my camera…although bad pictures of people I don’t like are a close second.
The icicles and the wood roof remind me of my paternal grandparents. They lived out in the country for about 20 years of their retirement, and they had a wood shed behind their house that would freeze over and get similar ice thingies. Sorry. Drunk and can’t remember the right word.
mmmm….”all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt”. What a perfect statement. I always forget that when I’m seeing an image of ice, that it will most likely never reappear or appear in the same way ever again. Just like everything, I suppose.
Lovely quote and photograph as usual
Amazing, we haven’t had any ice hanging from the roofs this winter. . . . too warm. Somehow or another that pic is a mix of warmth from the wood with the cold from the ice and hits me in the face as to the stark contrast I can notice each day if I am only aware. Be well
This is fantastic! And I don’t think you could have found a better quote to go with this photograph. Beautiful!!!
Beautiful photo and verse!:goodjob:
Garlic naan and hummus and cucumbers? Cripes, you’re cruel. That sounds so good.
Very interesting.. It almost looks supernatural, with the ice and the rotten wood. Amazingly good seen..
RyC: Yes, yes it does say “Nature Threat” in the background. Unfortunately, due to light (and not having a scanner, only a cheap digital camera) the colours are quite off and the details of the picture are somewhat blurred, so the grays are really more like cold blues..
I think tomorrow, I´ll do another, call it.. ehm.. anti-star or something pretentious like that (because of todays comments, I´ll aim at making people hate it.. heh). But thank you, very much..
I’m not sure I understand the “time’s relentless melt” part but it does tie in with the picture. I love icicles but I’ve never had the chance to photograph them… Although I have had the chance to photograph sap-sicles!
-matt-
What exactly is an inversion machine? Sounds like a science fiction torture device.
I’m glad you exist in my world!!!
:heartbeat:
Thanks Molly. I had to back up quite a bit just to shoot it. I was in the crosswalk and was nearly hit by a taxi. As always, thanks for stopping by and commenting on my photo’s! :fun:
That is a marvelous photo, reminds me of the icicle pics I took during the storm we had a few weeks ago. Take care -mari
ahhh…Susan Sontag….love her
What a marvelous quote to go with that great picture.
this is similar to another xangaite, as someone mentioned…. but at the same time… not at all.
your photo creates an entirely different mood, thus creating an entirely different photo. it tempts the viewer to notice the frozen on top of the life…. wood still holding some kind of life. but in capturing the light on the ice, you create a warmth on the frozen subject.
it is a paradox. i love it.
but i often read too much into things.
Wow. I never mixed photography and philosophy before. Sontag does it superbly. Thanks for sharing. Ironically, I amost posted a Swiss icicles photo the other day…
ryc on abortion: Yes, I fear that right is coming under attack too. We’re reverting back to the dark ages.
Jenny Craig! :giggle:
I love this picture…
:heartbeat:
Had the biggest urge to walk along with a stick and knock them all to the ground. Used to do that as a kid, unless they were big enough to break off and chew on.
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chilling
i dig on your pictures :p
Reminds us of our own as well.
I like this combination of wood and ice. Wood and water have such a symbotic relationship and this image demonstrates one of its many forms. Wood has been cut and shaped from its original form of a tree that relies on water to live. Icicles represent another form of water, of course, and forms its own structure on the outside of the wood in the photo. The image sparks lots of associations with these natural materials.
Of course, I’m focusing on the red in the wood.
great photo — and awesome quote!
The picture is pretty cool–remindsme of CHicago winters.
And wow, where did you find that quote?
my eye is drawn to the support underneath - which makes a fine statement when I look back to the foreground. I feel shelter and the need for it all at once.
This held me for longer than usual.
The wood is wonderfully weathered, it’s veins and whorls emphasized in the greatest way. That the icicles are sticking to it till they finally drip away in the thaw tells of what is here to stay and what is transient. You have captured both, then paired it with a quote that fits it.
What is here and what will soon be gone. Now you see it. Now you don’t.
But for your photo, we would never know about the ice, would we??
:love::love::love:
Momma
You photo reminds me of one of Frejaluna’s from a while ago!
I still like your picture though!
Great shot. I love photographing ice — it’s so interesting from both a light and a texture point of view.
The joy of winter. Photographing the icy landscape. =]
that quote just blew my reality gasket…
is this part of “home”? or something you spotted along the way? I really like how you see the world, notice the beauty in these things. *~matthew~*
Perfect! And I adore Susan Sontag’s work as well-
On taking pictures of people…nothing makes me gasp in pleasure more than capturing someone I love in all their beauty with my camera…although bad pictures of people I don’t like are a close second.
The icicles and the wood roof remind me of my paternal grandparents. They lived out in the country for about 20 years of their retirement, and they had a wood shed behind their house that would freeze over and get similar ice thingies. Sorry. Drunk and can’t remember the right word.
mmmm….”all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt”. What a perfect statement. I always forget that when I’m seeing an image of ice, that it will most likely never reappear or appear in the same way ever again. Just like everything, I suppose.
Lovely quote and photograph as usual
Amazing, we haven’t had any ice hanging from the roofs this winter. . . . too warm. Somehow or another that pic is a mix of warmth from the wood with the cold from the ice and hits me in the face as to the stark contrast I can notice each day if I am only aware. Be well
This is fantastic! And I don’t think you could have found a better quote to go with this photograph. Beautiful!!!
Beautiful photo and verse!:goodjob:
Garlic naan and hummus and cucumbers? Cripes, you’re cruel. That sounds so good.
Very interesting.. It almost looks supernatural, with the ice and the rotten wood. Amazingly good seen..
RyC: Yes, yes it does say “Nature Threat” in the background. Unfortunately, due to light (and not having a scanner, only a cheap digital camera) the colours are quite off and the details of the picture are somewhat blurred, so the grays are really more like cold blues..
I think tomorrow, I´ll do another, call it.. ehm.. anti-star or something pretentious like that (because of todays comments, I´ll aim at making people hate it.. heh). But thank you, very much..
I’m not sure I understand the “time’s relentless melt” part but it does tie in with the picture. I love icicles but I’ve never had the chance to photograph them… Although I have had the chance to photograph sap-sicles!
-matt-
What exactly is an inversion machine? Sounds like a science fiction torture device.
I’m glad you exist in my world!!!
:heartbeat:
Thanks Molly. I had to back up quite a bit just to shoot it. I was in the crosswalk and was nearly hit by a taxi. As always, thanks for stopping by and commenting on my photo’s! :fun:
That is a marvelous photo, reminds me of the icicle pics I took during the storm we had a few weeks ago.
Take care
-mari
ahhh…Susan Sontag….love her
What a marvelous quote to go with that great picture.
this is similar to another xangaite, as someone mentioned…. but at the same time…
not at all.
your photo creates an entirely different mood, thus creating an entirely different photo.
it tempts the viewer to notice the frozen on top of the life…. wood still holding some kind of life.
but in capturing the light on the ice, you create a warmth on the frozen subject.
it is a paradox. i love it.
but i often read too much into things.
Wow. I never mixed photography and philosophy before. Sontag does it superbly. Thanks for sharing. Ironically, I amost posted a Swiss icicles photo the other day…
ryc on abortion: Yes, I fear that right is coming under attack too. We’re reverting back to the dark ages.
I love this picture…
:heartbeat:
Had the biggest urge to walk along with a stick and knock them all to the ground. Used to do that as a kid, unless they were big enough to break off and chew on.