Forest Interiors are My Places of Spirituality
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RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
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• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
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Fodder for artlovers.
nice amac, but neither picture seems fly rod friendly ...
Actually, both locations are ultimately "fly rod friendly." Both are deep in "ecological climax" forests and as one penetrates, there are small pools and riffles most of which contain Native Brookies, "catch and release," fly fishing only, barbless hooks. The fish are small but extremely beautiful - will post pictures later.
... uh, not for me. we fished for native brookies a little bit different in south park back in the early 60's.
Brook Trout
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Arvo...hmmm hold a trout hold a shark...or pretty well much the same really...😁
Problem is the shark can hold you.
Some people are nuts. That's a "hold my beer" photo if I ever saw one. Someone's trying for a Darwin Award.
Unless it's not real. Maybe AI or an edit?
Can I have your permission to enlarge that photo?
Maybe it just ate his dive partner......
To add to the list of unknowables
Arvo...ahh nope, not AI or edit.....not my cup of tea doing that other than if I was in a cage...a friend of mine just dived with the sharks off Neptune Island in South Australia last month..yep I thought he was nuts as well..
People free dive with sharks..nope not me..not on my list of things to do....
Not my photo..I have more brains..😁
Yep go for it...not my photo I forgot to add..
Done.
He looks scared.
Wouldn't You Be?
LOL. Damn well I would be.
I wonder about fishes and their eyes: how acute their vision is, what wavelengths their receptors are capable of viewing, how many colors they see......
Sorry, I went with my inner geek for a bit.
Spectacular fish and photo, in terms of coloration, AMac!
Photo of my cyclamen on my window sill...most flowers it has ever had... it's about 5 years old..
Well, you know how it is. We old guys can still blossom.
those oz flowers bloom like that, right before the constrict your neck in the middle of the night ...
... before they constrict your neck ... oops ...
I guess a constricting plant that blooms once or twice a year is a bit mundane compared to the thousands of territorial battles among the giant spiders that rule the floors, walls, and ceilings within your home during the night. when do the snakes usually slither in?
Morning...the Joe Blakes (snakes) are all hibernating at the moment..
The one snake that was in my backyard was turned into a nice belt many years ago...
It was a black snake not the most venomous here but certainly up there...
what about all the snakes in your attic? I've seen them hide up there in oz youtube videos ...
Morning...umm we usually don't have attics or basements...
What you are probably seeing is the roof space which is empty though some people use it to store stuff...which is pretty rare..to much of a fire hazard..
There is nothing in my roof space other than insulation..and electrical wiring...
If you wish to convert your roof space have to go through the council and get all sorts of permits etc..so that means $$.
Besides we always have our resident snake catchers..the Kookaburra..😁
bloody hell, the oz version of the early bird gets the worm ...
You can't see the trees for the forest.
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Beautiful, Buzz.
Thanks Dig.
Would be lovely cool spots to sit on a hot Summer's day...
Yes, Shona, especially the 4th image which is a winter shot of the ravine at the back of my brother's home in Canada.
Flying Over France (© G. Gam)
Window on the Marais (at the Musée national Picasso-Paris) (© G. Gam)
Notre-Dame de Paris (© G. Gam)
oh yeah ...
the second picture, the window to surrealism ...
The glass in the window made everything look distorted.
did you tweak the background color?
Yes, I worked with the colors. I tried to give it a painterly effect.
it works for me ...
Cool. I have to admit that I love how that one turned out.
It's blue after the "Blue Period"....
Well, it was at the Picasso Museum, so yeah...
Great shots, G.
Are they recent? I mean new Notre-Dame or old?
Thanks, Dig.
Yes, they are recent. I was just in France from June 10 to June 23. It is the restored Notre Dame. They did a great job and it is beautiful. We went there twice on this trip, the second time for a mass on a Sunday night because my wife is Catholic. It was in French, of course, but interesting. The choir, the organ playing and the bells were fantastic. Notre Dame is an amazing historical site. I love it. I've been to Notre Dame a few times over the years before the fire. The restoration job is really impressive.
That's fantastic. Hope you took a bunch of pics. If you did, be sure to drop a few in here every now and then.
The three pictures above are from the recent trip. I have more and I also have really nice pictures from prior visits, some of which I have posted in the past. France is a beautiful country.
Top image; if illustrator, Howard Pyle, and painters, Maxfield Parrish and Andrew Wyeth got together and created a combined masterpiece, that would be it! And you did it for them. Outstanding.
cultural name dropper ...
Wow. Thanks!!!
That is really awesome.
I was Studying for an exam when I noticed that it was getting late in the day, so I jumped up, made myself appropriate for public exposure, and quick, headed out the door. I got to the bridge that you have seen before, big, red steely thing, and as I was walking across I said to myself, "Gosh! That Looks like a great picture." I reached for my phone. It wasn't there. Wouldn't you know it? I had left it behind in my work pants pocket....
Looking North from the bridge I could see the river running towards me at a summer flow: still moving along nicely, but the level allowed the vast boulder field that normally formed a rapids about 1000 yards and farther upriver to be mostly exposed. Instead of thrusting the water over and up and around, they were themselves thrust above the surface, their dark forms rounded by the ever-flowing water, grouped like a massive herd of cattle calmly sitting in a stream. The hills to either side, covered in the summers onrush of vegetation, climbed towards the tumult of sky, blue to white in the distance. Clouds peppered the middle distance, some, closer and low, were already a darkened gray. Others were yet washed by the setting sun, now behind the mountain's horizon but still above, some dark on the bottom, others salmon pink and coral colored, yet others tall and distant stood gleaming white, and some combined all of these into one magnificent yet ephemeral glimpse of the sky and cloud over the earth that we all live on. Bellow it all ran the river, a riffle here and there, calm and flat momentarily in other spaces, reflecting the wonders of above in an impressionistic cobbler of color.
It was a nice sight, a nice feeling. Surely would have made a pretty picture.
Without a camera, with words alone, you MADE it a pretty picture.
Thank you, Buzz. I never could spell.... "Below", not "bellow"... Kind of changes the feel
No problem, the context made the meaning clear.
Excellent prose is also CREATIVE ART.
Well stated.
I have walked this trail several times; when walking it in autumn, the word "sublime" jumped into my head each time. But it is also "scary" because it stays narrow deep into the woods and it's "black bear" country with no easy access left or right turns … and one never knows what one of those turns might lead to.
Anyway, it's eautiful.
Pocono Mountain Autumn
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It certainly IS beautiful. It makes me think of Autumn in Ontario, because where I am now it is semi-tropical and the leaves don't get so colourful.
Morning...the colours are stunning..always have to hand it to mob and Canada for Autumn colours..
Closing down. Thanks to all.