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01.04.2023 Wordless Wednesday-Walnut Grove
This entry was posted in Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts and tagged bare trees, bare trees in fog, fog, foggy landscape, Hadley, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, Moody Bridge Road, New England, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, western massachusetts. Bookmark the permalink.
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I find there to be both something eerie and something very beautiful about your photograph. I love it!
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Thanks, Rachel! Fog can be mysterious and eerie. I always enjoy working with it.
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This reminds me of those symmetrical pictures people create by reflecting an image over one of its edges.
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I had not thought of one of those but I can see what you see.
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Sepia grasses and trees and white skies always seem to me to create the warmest of winter pictures. The symmetry adds a bit of peacefulness to the scene — it’s lovely.
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Thanks, Linda. When I first set this up I was thinking of a black and white treatment like one of John Sexton’s in his book “Listen to the Trees”. But the sere grasses were to nice to neutralize. I made sure to line the center row up to hide those in the back and create the symmetry.
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One of the best I’ve seen anywhere in a long time. Good grief, you have really raised the bar here.
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Thanks, Ted! I appreciate that.
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Very nice, Steve. This grove offers so many possibilities!
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Thanks, Eliza! Have you been there on a visit to Conte?
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I’ve only visited the grove, but not Conte… not sure why!
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Next time. 🙂 It’s not a very challenging walk with most of it on a wooden path with several bench areas. Of course it is easy so handicapped folks can use the trail. But a few different habitats and wild plants line much of it.
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Wonderful to join you in this walnut grove, Steve–unique and curious and lovely.
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Thanks, Jet! Glad you enjoyed the view of these trees.
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What Ted said.
Really outstanding.
Really.
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Thank you, sir! It’s one of my faves now.
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A nice peaceful feeling. Is this a commercial walnut farm?
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Yes it is, Robert. One of two I visit although this one is the more photogenic of the pair. Thanks!
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This is wonderful, Steve!
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Thank you, Belinda!
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A vivid head-on sensuous spareness– surely I’ve been there in dreaming.
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Thank you, Melody! The fog does add a dreamy quality.
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I was thinking the same thoughts as Rachel, how there’s something both eerie and beautiful about this scene. Nicely composed.
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Thanks, Todd! There are about twenty rows of the trees but this was the only one that had the somewhat open distance and all the trees lined us so perfectly.
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Just looking at this photograph would be a great antidote to stress – it’s so wonderfully peaceful!
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Being an early morning person I was the only one there wich does make for a peaceful shoot. My favorite kind. Thanks, Ann!
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I love this Steve! In a world where photogs are overly concerned with the ‘Rule of Thirds’ symmetry is refreshing! When it works … and this works very well!
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Usually my symmetrical images are horizontal and involve water. 🙂 After I posted this on Facebook an acquaintance made the exact same image. Flattery I guess. 🙂 It is a well known spot so she probably would have made it at some point anyhow. Thanks, Denise!
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Hmmm … coincidence? Probably not and not cool.
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No, not a coincidence at all. She’s also someone who posts her images in a lot of Facebook groups so if anyone comes across mine they might think I copied her. 😀 She’s much needier of the acclaim so fine.
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I understand the feeling all too well.
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Really lovely, Steve. There’s a lot to look at, between the fog, the delicate branches, and the subtle colors. I like the way the depth plays off the symmetry. And the way the abundance of detail is softened rather than harsh.
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Thanks, Lynn. Centering a subject isn’t always the best strategy but I felt comfortable with this composition. The fog made this much more appealing than a sunny day might have.
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I guess the subtlety of the fog (and all the textures) kind of balances the straight-on symmetry. 🙂
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