Tag: tranquility

Another Snowy Sunday

A snowy day from January 2015, traversing the shores of northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.

As I’m trying to decide whether to clean our driveway now or later, I can’t help but think back to another snowy time. This goes back just over 10 years ago in January of 2015. After several days of tremendous snowfall, a number of us went out to photograph along the northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire beaches. As it was nice and quiet, it was a tremendous day for photography.

Here’s another one from that day…

Snowy Shoreline

There’s something rather soothing about a quiet day in the snow. Listening to the wind intone its notes. The soft crunch of stepping into pristine snow. It’s a kind of magic that I really enjoy.

Now, to make some noise with the snow thrower! Hope you’re having a great day.

Three Line Tales – Lunacy

Stretch goals…

Many thanks to Sonya for Week One Hundred and Eighty-One of Three Line Tales, part of her awesome blog Only 100 Words!

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, photo taken by Neil Armstrong
photo by Neil Armstrong (via History in HD on Unsplash) 

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Timeless sky, desert,
Gentler pull of gravity.
Tranquil is the sea…

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Thank you to Sonya of Only 100 Words for coming up with Three Line Tales.

You’ll find full guidelines on her TLT page, but here’s the tl;dr:

  • Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
  • Link back to this post.
  • Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
  • Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.
  • NEW: If you want your post to be included in the round-up, you have until Sunday evening to publish it.
  • Have fun.

Happy three-lining!

Saturday Travels

On the road again

In about an hour, I will start my journey from my doorstep to the city of Brno, Czech Republic.  Expect a couple of travel photographs, as I will be giving my new Fuji X-T1 a workout, whenever I get the chance (it is a work trip).

Brno is a gorgeous town with some great medieval structures, so I expect to get one or two chances to capture something special.  The weather forecast is good and I have about a day to myself!

Here’s one that I captured yesterday with this little camera.

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Tranquil Day

This is at the head of a local reservoir.  This little building always reminded me of the game Myst.

Searching for Tranquility

A bit of an eye twister

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Searching for tranquility

This image is one that I captured about 3-1/2 years ago during a walk through the gardens of Gillette Castle in East Haddam, CT, which is a great site to visit year round.  My eye was caught by the multitudinousness of the water lilies; to a degree, I found the view of this pond slightly less than tranquil, which gave me the idea of creating this image, where the eye will never rest.

I am curious to find out how you perceive this image… let me know!

Technical Details

Shot with a Canon 5D MkII using a 24-105 L lens.  I pushed the shutter speed to about 1/3 second to be able to get the zoom blur at this level.  As the camera was handheld, the tricky part was to ensure that something would stay still.