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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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Living Shadows


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Shadows at Arthurs Seat
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Hey Harriet's Shadow Shot Sunday prompt #12
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This moment is like
A posy of long-stemmed dahlias
A cluster of balloons on a string
A spray of suns
The birth of chaos
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Pandora's box flung open
In living shadows
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SOME NOTES: Shadow Shot Sunday had a record number of participants last week! There were 22! Tracey was thrilled! She is doing a wonderful job encouraging us all to find those precious shadow shots! Here is her delightful collage of some shadows from last week.

The Shooters
1. AnnetteHanigan 2. Xue-Originals 3. Paz'sNewYorkMinute 4. MorningHasBroken 5. Gingerbread 6. AboutNewYork 7. GreyscaleTerritory 8. ZanesMilkMachine 9. ThisGirlLovesToTalk 10. Fog&Thistle 11. Aimer 12. SweetRepose 13. HighDesertDiva 14. RosebudCollection 15. RescuedForYou 16. HoosierRoots

14 comments:

SandraRee said...

Greyscale, this black and white is beautiful! Great shadow shot!

A Wild Thing said...

Is that a eucalyptus tree...they look so wild, kinda out in the bush wild, perfect for black and white.

sharon

david mcmahon said...

That's a great selection of shadow shots.

Gina said...

Don't T's collages look amazing?
Love your SS Gemma..it looks like a euc..a peppermint of some kind.. :D

Unknown said...

Very cool shot :) The collage is amazing ;)

Ali said...

lovely gum tree shadow!

Hey Harriet said...

What a lovely image of Arthurs Seat! Never heard of Arthurs Seat...the name of a suburb I'm guessing. Beatiful photo! And what a lovely poem, I especially like the 'a spray of suns' line. Made me smile :) Happy Sunday!

High Desert Diva said...

It's been fun seeing how many people are getting caught up in the shadow shots.

Lisa's RetroStyle said...

I always love your shots! It looks black and white...but the sky looks very pale blue...like it was hand colored! How do you do that?!

~michelle pendergrass said...

Beautiful! I love living shadows. :)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful shot Gemma, love the angle you got and the buildings in the background - great :0)

Anonymous said...

Beautiful shot Gemma, love the angle you got and the buildings in the background - great :0)

Anonymous said...

Sorry about the double up, its giving me grief!! A

Anonymous said...

I love your B&W shadow shot with a touch of color on the top. How'd you do that? Lovely!

Paz

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