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A Chestnut Stonehenge. With over 20 years of autumn photographs in my file collection I thought I could indeed conjure up 50 shades of the autumn season, Sept, Oct, Nov, so here goes. Many of them my favourite photos over the years.
A goldfinch. A five colour bird, at least. Some of them a lucky occurrence. Right place, right time.
A thrush with a berry.
Others deliberately crafted, Waiting patiently for the right characters in my photograph to appear. A cyclist in Bellahouston Park with the great wood of Pollok behind.
Arria. Up close and personal. Some achieved with a small drop of magical thinking.
An ant swing in Bellahouston Park. Illuminated with autumn sunshine.
Some real creatures I meet....
Some, charms of the imagination, perhaps....
We have all seen things in nature that could not possibly exist....
A trick of the light... in a silent glade.
Or a lucky opportunity. At the right age to believe in such creatures... as I did once.
and a part of me still believes in 'doorways' .....or portals into other realms.....
As I have glimpsed perfection in nature so many times over the years. 'That golden hour.'
Where everything just falls into place...
....and I feel the euphoria of crossing over into another realm...
This strange mysterious kingdom called autumn. Lennox Castle with the mist rising off the forests after a cold wet night under the power of the sun.
and things just fall into place.... in nature. My lifelong companion outdoors.
A swan family.... without even trying...
City of Glasgow from the heights of Luddin Scar.
or a change of the light...at this time of year. 50 shades grey... with the curtains closed.
Autumnal splendour. The Scottish Border region.
Autumn rush. High Knightswood. Where my own fairy still lives.
Wet morning. The Fountain. A Clydebank Park.
Yet beauty is always my muse. Now and forever.
Birdland Sunset.
Friends at play....
And so much fun, even dogs join in....
before flying off to bed. Dog walking home of course. Dogs can't fly.... :o ( .... not without some shaken fairy dust sprinkled over them....
.....and from the lush abundance of summer flowers....
....to the equal abundance of autumnal hues...
and a last feast for all creatures... like 'the last supper.' Wonder who first thought of that idea...?
before winter sets in. The grim months to endure and persevere... not as harsh as previous decades and centuries past mind you....
Freezing cold and still dark by 4pm though. Glasgow city centre view.
with the occasional bright sunset to lift the spirits....
before the dread of leafless trees...
The 'little death'....arrives.
five long months...................................before the great clock starts up again....
and Persephone rises from her underworld... to start spring again.... The Greek explanation of the seasons.....
maybe this is her here.... or maybe not. :o)
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Fabulous collection! I like your still lifes.
ReplyDeleteI like the 'fifty shades of grey' photo and the Scottish borders ones best. I don't dread bare trees in winter, except for the lack of colour. But the shapes are often a photographer's dream so you shouldn't dread them.
ReplyDeleteHi Anabel, I thought I might as well put them out there as many I will never better or replicate and others, due to park cut backs, will maybe never return, certainly in my lifetime as a keen photographer of trees and flower borders.
ReplyDeleteCheers Carol. I have always hated winter and the loss of leaf cover. For one thing no shelter from rain that you have with full leaf cover, or increasingly cool shade in summer. And I miss my fairies. No fairies in winter...maybe they all take a long cruise or go skiing. When I was younger climbing winter peaks gave me enjoyment but as I worked partly outdoors or driving, dark winter nights seemed long and grim. Now I'm retired winters are not so long as I'm not out there daily anymore, working in darkness. Leafless trees I fear them not... but dread is the correct word I've used. Apart from the token one on the Christmas tree... have you ever seen a fairy in winter? I rest my case. :o)
ReplyDeleteDepends on the type of fairy - some are with us year-round! and on the streets LOL
DeleteI was more thinking about the history and evolution of the fairy in folk tales and in period illustrations Carol, as I've recently got hold of some old books on that very subject, and what could be the probable inspiration in the insect world for the original concept. And also in the majority of drawings that I've seen they are rarely set in winter backgrounds. That type of fairy. I recommend Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene for further reading and illumination :o)
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