Leslie Reid Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Some landscape images I know are contemplative, and some I know are not. And then there are those in between, which is where I’d peg this one. Whether I see the in-between ones as contemplative or not seems to depend on my mood, while the two end-members seem affect my mood. Still contemplating contemplation... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Maybe this one is contemplative with an edge? The activity in the textures of the tufa (Mono Lake's limestone formations) against the smoother and more passive water and sky produces for me a kind of contemplation counterpoint. 5 We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dieter Schaefer Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) A place for contemplation - maybe, maybe not. You sure will have company contemplating here: Lots to contemplate: why is it called "Lone" Cypress? Is it worth protecting a tree on a rock with wall and tying down with cable? Is it really America's most photographed tree? Which other ones could lay claim to the same fame? Is it worth spending $10.25 to see and photograph? Why is there always someone flying a drone despite the sign up by the stairs that says "no drones"? Is it worth leaving the steps and platform and venturing into the rock for a better composition of the image?I clearly wasn't contemplating a better set of exposure parameters (f/8, 1/1250s, ISO 4000)! Edited February 7, 2018 by Dieter Schaefer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 The tree is the official logo of Pebble Beach Co. so you can't even sell your photo of it without permission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Pictorial Carmel Coast 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Ten or fifteen miles down the coast from Lone Cyprus, and away from the crowds, at Garapata State Park. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I offer no opinion whether the following image is contemplative, since I'm not sure about the meaning of "contemplative" in a photographic context. I shot it in the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Vallette Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gosden Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmurray Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Scenes with water seem more typically "contemplative" to me for some reason. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Scenes with water seem more typically "contemplative" to me for some reason. I agree with you in this case. Aside from the peaceful atmosphere of the image, the area of light leading one's eye to the moon (sun?) can provide grist for the meditative mill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Other meditative potential can be found in: SAND - LINK (Zen garden minimalism + soothing texture) REPETITIVE GEOMETRY - LINK (Grace Cathedral Labyrinth) CLOUDS - LINK (Stieglitz Equivalents - a seminal series which Minor White took to a more meditative place) 2 We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 SAND - LINK (Zen garden minimalism + soothing texture) Fred, don't most Zen gardens also include symmetrical patterns in the sand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_hoyt Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 To me contemplative equates to serene and Leslie's image "fills the bill", as do most of the images . Fred G's image wakes me up, I like it, but it is far from serene, it is powerful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Fred, don't most Zen gardens also include symmetrical patterns in the sand? I’ve seen them both ways, some with symmetrical patterns in the sand, others with asymmetrical patterns. Often, when the patterns in the sand itself are symmetrical, the rocks or other elements are positioned asymmetrically. 1 We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Mono Lake Canon PowerShot PRO 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Chicago Botanic Garden Sony A9 + Sony 24-70/2.8 GM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcyin Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 www.neurotraveler.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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