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Nothing can brighten a Monday more than a set of dead woods in a grey overcast light   * Tangled  * War of the Ents  * A really, really old hermit crab  * Grainy wood grains Film: Fuji Superia 200 processed in the light room. |
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jamesmck
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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2011, 10:25:27 AM » |
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Beautiful, Will! Are these on the same site where they once grew? Number three looks like it could have drifted there. What is the body of water?
James
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James McKearney
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2011, 10:28:37 AM » |
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In "War of the Ents", that big stump on the left looks like an enteater (anteater). HEheheheHE.
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2011, 11:18:47 AM » |
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Nice, imaginative titles for some very good pictures, Will.
PF
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2011, 06:22:20 PM » |
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Will,
Great texture shots! I can almost feel the sand. I'm very partial to the first shot.
Dennis
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2011, 08:10:09 AM » |
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James, I am fascinated by these driftwoods but I am no driftwoodologist, so I don't know where these were from. The lake was called Lake Whitney, due to the the severe drought this past summer, the water level had receded significantly. The upside was, the lake shore widens enough to make it look like a seashore. Especially during sunset:  Pete, nice "rolling with the punches" or in this case imagination The Enteater looks to me like what a dreadnought version of an Ent would look like. Phil, it's a curse and a blessing, the imaginative part, I mean. Dennis, thank you, I'm itching to print these, but can't since I have no darkroom in the new place yet. |
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2011, 08:21:39 AM » |
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I like them all, but I especially like the War of the Ents shot. It looks like they're talking to each other!
What is it about driftwood that fascinates us so?
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2011, 09:39:07 AM » |
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Will - If it is this man-made lake http://www.lakewhitneychamber.com/lake-history.html, chances are that these tree remnants grew at or near where they are now. Some of the ones you show look like they may still have some roots there. A time-capsule of sorts. They are gorgeous. James |
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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2011, 06:49:11 PM » |
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Some of those remind me of people I've worked with.
Seriously though, that looks like the beginning of a great project.
Reed
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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2011, 08:27:08 PM » |
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When our reservoir got low a few years back, you could see the remains of the village of Happy Valley.
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2011, 09:06:04 PM » |
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Nancy, I think driftwoods are like clouds. We see in them what we imagined. James, there are only two natural lakes in the whole state of Texas, both in the eastern part. So Lake Whitney is man-made. That's funny, Reed. We probably will go back there again for next year's church camping trip. There are quite a few neat little towns to visit within driving distance from the lake also. Phil, must be quite a sight. The website James linked above has some interesting info about a drowned town under this lake also. I wonder what it would look like to dive there and see a ghost town underwater... |
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« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2011, 04:59:53 PM » |
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Awesome series. Indeed they are like clouds, abstract shapes where one can see things. Beautiful subject for black and white.
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« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2011, 07:15:41 PM » |
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There was a story on Yahoo yesterday about "disappeared" towns, and the lead photo was a bell tower sticking up out of a lake in Italy.
PF
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« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2011, 10:44:06 PM » |
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You mean like this one I took on a 99 cent Good will camera?  Flood stump by inetjoker, on Flickr |
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