Seaweed
I love the organic shapes of each of the bulbs in the chain and how they simply curve about. I love that they are not all one color and the burgundy even seems to fade into the neutrals. I like how the sand in the back does not distract. I have cropped and turned this photo on it’s side. I love how the image drops off from right to left like a wall moving away from me. I wonder how to recreate that depth in a 2D image.
I like the hard straight lines of the stone and even the ridges of the shells in contrast to the curves of the overall shell shapes. My favorite is the little pop of blue on the shells in the upper right in the shadow. To me it looks like a good opportunity for me to use all those natural colored yarns I bought in New Zealand!
Gotland Sheep
I love the feeling of home and comfort in this one – the content sheep, the grass, and the bright yellow flowers behind the fence. I love the black faces and legs of the sheep to contrast the grey of the wool. I love the strong horizontals of the fence and the verticals of the flowers, the posts and the legs on the sheep.
I love the haze and the shadows in this one, but also the gleam of the light on the water. I love the texture of the rock in the foreground and the small splash of blue in the sky. I also love the vertical of the land versus the horizontal of the clouds and the sea. Then there is the layers of the islands in the background that draw my eye to look further out.
Walk on the Beach
I love the starkness of this picture. I love the ripples and textures in the sand for themselves, but then how there are strong verticals and horizontals in the greater pattern. I like how the seaweed breaks up the sand in the foreground. I love how the seal is on the move “on-all fours”.
Hidden Beauty of Keas
The kea is the only alpine parrot and is covered mostly in a dull yellow brown. But then in flight on can see an entire rainbow under the wings. Here is just a hint of the color of a folded wing.
I love the varied directions of the feathers and the definition of each feather. I love the bright colors of the blue-green and the shine on the yellow/brown.
Moon Rising Over Bluff
I am in SC this week and may actually be able to do a bit of blogging. In any case, I’ll take whatever happens and each entry as a gift!
I love the half moon breaking up the solid blue of the sky. I love the break up of the land as well with the darker blue of the water. I love all the buildings being highlighted the the setting sun behind us. I like the clouds adding interest to the sky close the to the land.
Tourist Landscape
In one gallery, an artist painted abstract landscapes in an effort to balance the number of artists who painted “tourist landscapes”. I smiled, but I still prefer the more realistic in this case. The landscapes are so different than what I know.
I love the number of colors of green on these mountains and how the ridges are emphasized by a run of dark evergreens. I like the clouds following the peaks and wish the sky had come out a deeper blue. It is hard to see in this size, but I love the horizontal green bands of the fields in the foreground that counter the vertical heights of the mountains.
Just the Two of Us
I enjoyed how the seals were lounging in “Vogue” poses on this morning. I love the rich dark browns of this one’s coats and the long whiskers cutting lines across the fur. I love the greens on the rocks and how they become smaller, more broken and more textured as I look into the background.
Glacial Valley
After all the rain the day before, the blue sky was welcomes. This is the same road that was monochromatic and today full of such color. I love the daisies in the foreground and the field that fills the valley floor. I love the clouds that crown the peaks and the bit of snow still on them as well. I love the curve the glacier has formed and the graceful curve the ranges form as well.
Sunset over Stewart Island
I love the intensity of the light of the sun. How often can one look even at it sideways much less head on? I love the horizontal clouds versus the vertical reflection. I love that there is still some blue sky to be seen. I also like that the water’s horizon is not clearly defined – because of Stewart Island.
Unfolding Ferns
I live the curves and curls in this one that reminds me of grapes on a vine.I love the sunlight shining through the open leaves and setting the highlights off.
I will do my best to keep these going, but I may miss a few days and have to catch up later. I am starting a new job tomorrow in another state and have no idea what computer or access I will have for the first few days and even the first week. Know I’m thinking about you and wishing you a happy Memorial Day weekend!
Milford Sound
This is one of the “permanent” set of falls of Milford Sound that exist rain or shine. Of course, it was MUCH Larger due to the rain! I have other pictures that are not so visual of the helm of our boat entering the mist of these falls and James right out on the end getting soaked!
I love the turbulence of the water and mist it creates out into the sound. I love the relative scale to the boat. I love the darkness and the sharpness of the mountains plunging into the sound that allows for these falls.
Glacial Valley
I love the flowers lining the river – the cool colors against the turquoise of the glacial waters. I love how the river leads the eye from left to right across. I love the opposing forest line and mountain range that gives the opposite diagonal to the river and flowers – almost like it’s an arrow pointing to the higher alpine range.
Alpine View
Again I love the mystery. How far do the mountains go up in that mist? I love the three layers that I can see, the three values of the gray and the opposing diagonals. I love the bit of snow that allow me to recognize the mountain. Any less or any more and the surface would likely be lost in the mist.
Fly on the Wall
This is an artists depiction of the Blackfly or Te Namu. Maori legend is this nasty biting fly was created to remind people who visited New Zealand of their mortality and to drive people from lingering too long in this paradise. It worked….
I like the stark black on white. I like the details of the fly since this one is larger than one’s head (while the real is nearly invisible to the eye). I like the slight shadow on the wall and the matte sheen on the fly.
Falls in Milford Sound
Most of the falls in Milford Sound only exist when it rains. These were one of those peeking through the mist the rain also brought. I love the mystery of the picture. I love the break in the mist to show the falls, and the steadiness of the falls and the water of the sound. I love the basic monochromatic picture, but found there is a great deal of blue lost if I let it become B&W. I think the blue give it a depth.
Giant Mountain Buttercup
I love the raindrops all over this buttercup. I love the pure white and the fresh yellow. I love the slight hint of green of the stems. The background was far off and indistinguishable, but distracting, so i let the shadows take it away. (In case you are wondering – giant in this case is about the size of a daisy – 1.5” in diameter. For a buttercup, that’s giant!)
The Chasm
The Chasm itself is much larger than this waterfall, but is impossible to photograph for where I was permitted! The rains were heavy this day which allowed for even dramatic side waterfalls.
I love the fantasy world of ferns and moss. i love the high volume of water that fills up a great deal of the picture and is even able to show movement even in a still photograph. I like the moving “diagonal” of the falls, the soft verticals of the ferns and the hard horizontals of the rocks.
Yellow Rose of Queensland
I love the range of yellows for nearly pastel at the highlights to a deep orange in the shadows. I love the many curves of the petals and the out of focus continuing in the background. I love the three petals cupped in the “bowl” of another. This being the main focus in this world of yellow. I love the softness.
