AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Dark Lights


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dark sunset at Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Skywatch Friday prompt #5
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dark lights linger at Arthurs Seat
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Final lights at Arthurs Seat
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Final burst of lights through leaves at Arthurs Seat
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Final lights through leaves, Arthurs Seat
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Dark sunset lights ~
Breaths of day
Wimpering
Like sylphs
Slipping
Beyond
The beyond
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48 comments:

A Wild Thing said...

This is exactly how I feel about the demise of our summer, slipping beyond. Soon you'll be reveling in your summer and I will be posting dark scenes and beauty dimmed.

sharon

Maria Verivaki said...

some more beautiful australian skies from you gemma!

paisley said...

lovely,, for the eyes and the mind....

Dianne said...

A friend was just saying that sunset/sunrise was "nature putting on a show"

and here are the photos from the show!

what a beauttiful series

Anonymous said...

Very beautifully impressive skies in you photos!
Have a happy weekend!

Jeques said...

A lovely and fresher way of describing a sunset in a poem, Gemma.

The poem is so graceful giving the sunset a feminine feel to it.

I like the use of the words wimp and sylph in this piece ~ this aptly chosen words change the way I look at the sunset.

It's been awhile - work as usual - since I dropped by. Your words are always inspiring.

I wish you well.

~ Jeques

LingoVise Says... said...

Beautiful words for a beautiful series... so very, very lovely.

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Anonymous said...

Wonderful sunset shots! It was dark, but the yellow-orange hues are still there.

I have two Sky Watch pictures this week, and you can view them in these blogs:
Jenn Was Here and Shutter Happy Moments. Please drop by in any of the blogs if you have the time. Thanks a lot. Happy Weekends!

Jane Hards Photography said...

Really dusky eerie sunsets. Nicely captured light which is not easy in these shots.

Anonymous said...

Nice movementfrom dark to light.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful series of transitions of the sky Gemma!

Enjoy the weekend!

Kelly said...

Fabulous! Such a stunning post and photos! well done!!

Louis la Vache said...

Nice Sky Watch series!

DrowseyMonkey-Photos said...

Those are really beautiful. I especially like the last one. Lots of mood, very dramatic.

Anonymous said...

i really like your SWF entries, gemma! Looking forward to another SWF!

Louis la Vache said...

Beautiful series of Sky Watch images!

"Louis" thanks you for visiting San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

Michele said...

Wow... your words to the photos are appropriate. Very nice.
I love the dark sky... like a huge blanket on top of the world! Very well done!
Mountain Retreat

Kerri Farley said...

Oh, this is a beautiful series of shots!

Rune Eide said...

You are a master (or is it mistress?) of silhouettes!!

Jeanne said...

Very dramatic. Your words convey the scene quite perfectly.

chrome3d said...

Dark poetry is fine with me. You´re a drama queen!

PJ said...

I love drmataic photos best. The one that frames the power pole and lines is just superb!

Katney said...

Amazing what variety the skies provide us.

Anonymous said...

These are all amazing. And the fact that the place is called Arthurs Seat brough a big smile to my face. I was hiking the scottish version last week and shot some skywatch pics there.. cool. ;) Happy weekend!

Anonymous said...

you have a very fabulous and impressive pictures with an excellent poet lines below...happy weekend...

Anonymous said...

Lovely progression of shots. And the name intrigues me, I wonder who Arthur is (King?)

EG CameraGirl said...

Beautiful words for lovely photos!

Babs (Beetle) said...

Such beautiful skies and lovely photos

Kyanite said...

Terrific light effects, enhanced by powerful poetry.

Tom said...

A great set of pictures for SWF.. each as good at theonebefore.. :O)

Anonymous said...

great series of photos. Love the dark sky

Photo Cache said...

This is amazing. Your shots are wonderful. I like th fact that there are light still coming out of the dark here. Yeah, poetic.

SandyCarlson said...

Beautifully done, Gemma!

Dragonstar said...

Beautiful, dramatic shots.

Angie said...

A stunning collection of photos.A superb SW post.

Unknown said...

Lovely sky shot series!

Fish Whisperer said...

I like these photos, very brooding and heavy. As only mother nature can do. Have a great weekend.
Cheers

Anonymous said...

These are awesome shots. love the poem.

Laura said...

Great shots! I love the compostition of the first one.

Baruch said...

Sunset moment by moment - well done. Thanks for sharing

Carletta said...

These are stunning but I also love the ones you have posted since Sky Watch - lovely - all of them!

Thanks for visiting my double rainbow earlier today.

Anonymous said...

Very ominous looking clouds in the first few photos but they turned into a beautiful sunset. Great job, Gemma!

juliana said...

oh, i like these... nice mood in these pics.

Namnet said...

These photographs are just sublime. The first three grab me. They are like tie-dyed. Wonderful.
Have a nice day!:-)

Anonymous said...

The dark sky is so lovely in your photos.
Thanks for visting my site, Gemma!

Krisu

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing the stunning sunset.

Torsdag 1952 said...

Sorry, I’m a little late because I was sailing this weekend.
So I stop by and say thank you for a nice SWF.

Anonymous said...

they are all lovely and evocative, but I like the first one in particular.

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