How do you take a good landscape photograph? I don't know. But I will tell you this: don't go photographing things that have already been photographed a million times before. Like Uluru, or the three sisters in the blue mountains, or Milla Milla falls, Hopetoun Falls, Crater Lake in Tasmania blah blah.... the list goes on. But if you just must photograph Uluru, again, so you can sell a massive print on your website and win awards and gain international acclaim. Then you had better photograph it in an original way. And I don't mean, just because you processed it in black and white, or there was a rainbow in it, it's unique. Neither of those warrant another photograph. But I guess some people like seeing/photographing the same landscape a million times over, from slightly different angles/light. Also, it sells. What is and isn't a good landscape photo is such a subjective thing. That is my unwarranted two cents.
And here is a picture of some dead thistles. I like thistles. I feel like they are symbolic of so much. They have beautiful flowers, yet are really sharp and thorny. The sap of some thistles is used to remove warts. It is an invasive weed. They are annuals, and are alive for only fleeting moments, then persist in a thorny dead state for the rest of the year. There is much we can learn from thistles...
Also, I am now on Twitter! @JonoWinnel
And here is a picture of some dead thistles. I like thistles. I feel like they are symbolic of so much. They have beautiful flowers, yet are really sharp and thorny. The sap of some thistles is used to remove warts. It is an invasive weed. They are annuals, and are alive for only fleeting moments, then persist in a thorny dead state for the rest of the year. There is much we can learn from thistles...
Also, I am now on Twitter! @JonoWinnel
this looks like a painting.
ReplyDeletealive for only moments then spend the rest of the year dead. I like that and it would apply to lots of people lives. but that would depend what you consider to be alive and what to be merly exisiting.
Yes. I quite like thistles too.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are incredible. It's funny, I've been surrounded by thistles all my life and I've never really paid much thought to them-thanks for the perspective :)
ReplyDeleteThistles are absolutely gorgeous when they're in bloom, too - a lovely purple flower surrounded by thorn. I like your take on a landscape photo here. The different perspective is great and it's all capped off by the soft pastel colours in the sky. It's nicely done.
ReplyDelete@Katie, thanks, you gotta try to do things differently!
ReplyDeleteThis photo is so amazingly beautiful. I love the colors and the balance between the sky and land. I am definitely going to be following your blog. :]
ReplyDelete@Nicole, thanks :)
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