We wobble, tilt and spin towards the Solstice on December 21, 2008.
This now silent rope swing reminds us to make the most of this Earthly transition.
And by the way – thanks for the warm welcome!
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Photography: SolsticePosted on December 17, 2008 by Dawn Farmer under Arts, Literature & Culture, Photography, Scholars & Rogues [ Comments: 12 ]
 
   
We wobble, tilt and spin towards the Solstice on December 21, 2008. This now silent rope swing reminds us to make the most of this Earthly transition. And by the way – thanks for the warm welcome! Related posts (automated): Print This Post
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Dawn, this is gorgeous. Where did you shoot this?
Love it: simultaneously stark and soft. The fraying rope of man’s imprint divides – without conquering – the mist, shadow, and reflection of Nature.
Dr. Slammy and Lex – thanks for the comments! To answer your question – I took this photo at the Solitary Islands Marine Park in Wooli, Australia. It is on the border between Queensland and New South Wales.
It is a working camper van site. The people living there go fishing daily. I wish the photo could have also captured the soft sounds of the boats stirring and life beginning for the morning. It is a remarkable place.
Extraordinary. Also, parceling out one picture at a time both induces us to concentrate on the moment captured and leaves us hanging for more.
Dawn,
Would you post a high resolution version of this wonderful picture so we can all enjoy it. Frankly, I’d like a high res version to use as wallpaper on my main 32″ monitor.
Jeff
Jeff – I shall have to confess that until S&R asked me to post a weekly photograph, I simply took pictures for my own amusement. While I do have a horizontal version of this shot, the highest resolution I have is 2048×1536. I do not think it would work for your 32″ monitor. But thank you for asking.
I made a decision some time ago to stick with the point and shoot model. I have a Nikon CoolPik L5. I love it – portable and easy to use. The camera can take much finer resolution up to 3072×2304. Future photographs perhaps!
Russ: I’m glad you stopped to look. When I first saw the rope swing I could almost hear the voices of children laughing as they dropped into the water below. It was late June when I took that, so summer was over in Australia.
Gorgeous (as always)!
I don’t recall anybody limiting you to one photo a week.
*hearts Dawn*
Dr. S – I shall use that privilege judiciously…
Elaine – thanks love
No thanks required ~ just keep posting.
Dawn, don’t let “size” fool you (re: jeff).. I had a 36″ monitor for a long time, it sat next to my 30″ TV and I would play games while watching TV with them side by side. The resolution (way back when) on the “big screen” was only 800×600.
Even modern plasma/LCD TVs (acting as monitors) don’t normally have all that high of resolution. I have a 24″ wide screen LCD monitor (real monitor, not a TV that also acts as one), and that’s only 1680×1050. 2048×1536 is plenty resolved for 99% of the applications out there, and making it bigger will just increase file size with no real benefit.
and I agree, that’s a very fine picture for desktop wallpaper