For this week’s Sunday Post Jake has asked for distance shots. He speaks of the long shot, the wide shot, and the scene-setting establishing shot. During a trip to Tuscany we stayed in the small village of Verrucole … population just 50 persons. This photo establishes the village as small and somewhat remote on a hilltop in the mountains of Tuscany.
This second shot Continue reading “The Establishing Shot”
Admittedly this photo was taken in colour but it’s conversion to black and white made it all about the shapes and lines, which is what I liked about the shot. It was taken in Continue reading “Black and White, Shape and Line”
This week Jake’s Sunday Post is: Splendid.
This pretty much opens it up to any Splendid photo on any Splendid subject … I decided on the sky. The sky in all its splendor …
and changing moods … Continue reading “Splendor of the Skies”
Jake’s Sunday Post challenge this week is Road.
Taken in the Andes on the main transport route through the mountains from Santiago Continue reading “Sunday Post: Road”
Jake’s Sunday Post this week is collectibles. Twelve years ago, while on a road trip, I stopped in at the musuem in Elkhorn, Iowa, (of all places) and found the cutest little fellow that started me down the road of collecting birds from my travels.
I like the plump, fluffy song birds … mostly, a few Continue reading “Sunday Post: Collectibles (again)”
Jake’s Sunday Post this week is Valuable. The value of something, be it object, or ideal, monetary or spiritual, is wholly subjective. I expect there will be many and varied interpretations to this week’s Post. I wrote this almost 30 years ago and I thought it suited, the ‘riches’ to be interpreted by each of us, subjectively. Continue reading “Sunday Post: Valuable”
This photo was taken from the Fortezza delle Verrucole, part of which is seen here in the foreground. The village on the left is Vibbiana, and to the right is Verrucole. Continue reading “Sunday Post: Village”
One of the properties of water is reflection. Continue reading “Sunday Post: Water”
Venice sunrise on the Grand Canal Continue reading “Sunday Post: Sunrise”
The door to the Tourist Office in Continue reading “Sunday Post: Door”
For Jake’s Sunday Post – The Vehicle and the Tree Continue reading “Sunday Post: Vehicle”
My Sunday Post on Monday – A dwelling in a Mayan village in Mexico. I prefer this version Continue reading “Sunday Post: Shelter”
These are the stairs in the Continue reading “Sunday Post: Stairway”
Sunday Post from Jake’s Printer
Jake has informed me that these are not actually blossoms – I did not know this distinction. Additionally, Continue reading “Sunday Post: Blossom”
I do hope this photo doesn’t offend anyone, but it is, after all, nature – I have discreetly kept it off my home page … Continue reading “Sunday Post: Nature”
Beyond the Brush 