Sittin' Here Watchin The Wheels go Round and Round

Posted by
Denny Jump (Bellevue, WA, United States) on 8 March 2014 in Landscape & Rural.

A little cold - but oh, so beautiful.
I captured this just steps from my house.
This little bench sits on a walking path for our condo complex.
The path is covered with snow, but the views are
really nice when the sun sets behind the bare trees....
I captured this with my iPhone;
And I thought of John Lennon's wonderful song when I
was processing this in Snapseed..

Apple iPhone 5s 1/1282 second F/2.2 ISO 32 143 mm (35mm equiv.)

** Staples Singers - "Respect Yourself"

- " We do not move forward from a middle opinion, which is undemocratic but mediocratic.
We advance from a creative passion "- (Edgar Morin)

- "To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at
that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."
- Henri Cartier-Bresson.

::Words from Denny:
- My beliefs, and values, have always been strongly tied-to music, especially Jazz, and Blues.
- The following artists and lyrics seem to "sum-up" where my spirit resides:
EARTH WIND AND FIRE;
"HOLD ON TO YOUR SPIRIT,
ALWAYS FEEL YOUR SOUL....
HONOR THE MAGIC IN YOUR HEART"; Earth Wind and Fire

Comments (14)

ursulakatariina from Uusikaupunki, Finland

Beautiful light and mood.

8 Mar 2014 6:09am

@ursulakatariina: Hi Ursulakatariina - Thank you so much I hope you are doing well ...:-)

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

Excellent play between the shadows of the trees and the ones of the bench !

8 Mar 2014 7:27am

@Gérard Beullac: Thank you, Gerard! I was "taken" by that sense, as well! Not sure if I did it any justice but I tried :-) Thanks so much.:-)

Basile Pesso from Barcelona, Spain

Wonderfully delicate. I wonder about the top sunny part, I know it is superb and that's why you wanted it in the frame, surely, but doesn't it bother a bit ? :-)

8 Mar 2014 8:22am

@Basile Pesso: Hi Basile - I absolutely debated that factor myself (he said chuckling :-) I finally felt that even though it is sort of a distraction (and certainly an easy exit from the frame in the opinion of many) Overall, I still enjoyed the sense of light from above, and behind, lending it's sensational gift...I don't know - to me, it just felt right after the internal debate.Thank you, sir...I really appreciate your words here..made me think it through more, myself :-)

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

I like that glimpse of 'forever' at the top to remind us there is so much more than here and now . .

8 Mar 2014 8:58am

@Ronnie 2¢: Wow, Thank you Ronnie - you just explained to me what I was feeling - I wasn't able to articulate it fully...but that s exactly the spiritual sense that I had....Thank you so much :-)

Ludovic Roudet from Charenton-le-Pont, France

Superb. To me, the light on the upper edge with the shades makes the picture.

8 Mar 2014 9:42am

@Ludovic Roudet: Hi Ludovic, Thank you so much...In general the light was just so attractive..but I really DID wonder if I should crop down from the top just a bit in order to lessen the possibility of an exit from the frame (for the eye) but then the words that Ronnie spoke above describe exactly how I felt in the end...so I left it...As I mentioned further above, it just "felt right" Thank you so much :-)