Mother earth( please see large)

 

It is another image of my childhood landscapes, it is nothing and every thing to differemt people. you uploaded yours after the olives, I upload mine as a continuation of yours... It was taken in a gray day nearly no sky, so mother earth has all the stage....

 

Thanks for yours if you see it, and other visitors thoughts.

 

 

Thanks

Beautiful landscape Pnina.Warm regards.

Wonderful and rarefied work, my dear friend. The backgroud, so multifaceted, is the perfect foil for the quiet foreground!

It's serene and beautiful. In the background we see human presence through buildings and cars. Mother nature is being encroached by development. The tree standing alone makes such a strong reference in this composition. It's like a survivor making a statement.

(Greetings from the North-West this morning!)

A lot of work & love..

A scene right out of a movie from many years ago! Wonderful toning. I wish I could see the tree in the middle better, it has a story to tell for sure. Mother earth is a good friend of mine.

Soulful. This tempts me to remove my shoes and walk barefoot to the tree. It's symbiotic: the people tend the field and preserve the tree; the field and tree feed the people; the cloudy sky provides life-sustaining rain...everything in sync... an idyllic feel

Yes earth must be female and probable God too ;~)))

Yours, Mike

There's something about the land itself that sinks deep into one's soul. I remember my mother while driving through Iowa (where she was raised in farm country) exclaiming with delight how she missed the black soil. These barren fields always seemed so optimistic. Anything could happen in them. Thank you so much, so very much, for posting this one as an accompaniment to your olive photo and as a friend to my shot of the Illinois fields.

As soon as I saw this I thought of Jeff's photo. What a wonderful companion piece. It has very much the same feeling of a place deeply and intimately recalled.

Janusz, for liking it, close to your work...

 

Kelvin, your feedback for my work is always so nicely worded..

 

Adan, yours as well, always well interpreted and written.

 

Daily, short and to the point and wonderful greetings....!

 

Susan, I know this landscapes is close to your life on mother earth.

 

Donna, what a great Idea to walk on it,makes your soul full...

 

Mike, great to see you, woman and God juxtaposition...!

 

Jeff, I saw yours and remembered its companion, It brought nice memories to both of us, mother earth is mother earth, all over the glob.

 

Jack, no wonder that you connected the two right away, with your sharp eye ;-))

Pnina - I really love the lines drawing the eye into the image. I wonder if maybe a lower point of view would help me see the tree better ... as it is, it sort of blends into the background. I really must get to Israel to see some olive trees for myself. :-)

This one ( belive it! ) was taken while in the car traveling to the Galilee... so it is an only one.. in the colored one the tree looks better but the sky are bad.

 

Come to Israel to see olives there are many...in the mean time I upload for you an old olive, photographed closer becouse of its trunk... I hope it will evok your curiosity...;-))

OH!! SO totally fabulous!! Thank you, Pnina! Oh, I could totally fall in love with shooting olive trees in Israel. Thank you, thank you!! :-)

... She is bristling with fertility and love...

She is delikate, strong and potent... and, yes... very patient.

Looks like she is very well taken care for.

I can feel her breathing and being ready to give.

A very nice composition Pnina I like how the dark lines are attracting me to follow them to the end.Best wishes!

Lou Ann, glad you have enjoyed the olives, you are always welcome to come visit and photographe them yourself!

 

Janusz, thank for your well defined 'mother earth", appreciate your poetic wording and personification.!

 

Alina ,thanks for your visit and comment.

Wonderful tones,details and depth!Great balance.

Cheers,Jim

I, too, thought of Jeff's photo the minute I saw this. Different but the same, no? It is such a straight forward exposition, yet our memory banks turn it into something so individual and personal. That's what is so fun about this game.

I love this! I remember long ago watching an old farmer who, after many years, had returned to visit the small farm where he was born in the American Midwest. He wandered around looking at the outbuildings, the old farmhouse, the fields. And then he hunkered down and took a pinch of earth between thumb and forefinger. He looked at it carefully, rubbed it between his fingers, held it to his nose, touched it to his lips, and then he smiled and said, "Good dirt!" Warm regards...

Jim, thanks!

 

David, yes, it is so many times passes from the general to the individual, memories and ways of life. thanks for your comments!

 

Joe, great depiction! made me smile, as it reminded me my father, it is a scene that would have fited him exactly...;-)) he loved the earth and farming. Thanks a lot!

 

Thanks to all of you so much.

Pnina, the ploughed earth adds depth, nice perspective lines leading towards the line of trees. The olive trees indicate that this is not my country, but the field is a familiar motif for me (as you know). Technically, I have two comments. First, there are not much midtones. It is often a good idea to use a grad ND filter or compensate dynamic range digitally, if you shoot RAW. Second, The single tree deserves to be separated from the field tonally, to stand out better as an attractive element here

 

Cheers

 

Carsten

Continue to be picky...;-)) Thanks for your comment, I photo RAW now but I still learn how to use it better. Thanks for both your nits, the tree was seen better in the colored version that I did not like, and while converting it ,it looks less separated . It was taken while traveling with a dance group to the Galilee, so it was one frame only, which is not my habit, usually I take some frames so it is easier to post process the better one. I look at your work and enjoy your mastery.