Posts Tagged ‘Kewaunee County’

TREE FARM IN THE FOG

Posted: December 9, 2015 in Fog, Photography, Trees, Wabi Sabi, Wisconsin
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Monday was “Fog and Trees Day” for your friend, Wabi Sabi. I opened the morning in the arboretum with mighty oaks, hungry turkeys and light fog and a few hours later moved into much thicker fog and many acres of fir trees on a Christmas Tree farm in Kewaunee County.

This place should be renamed Leading Lines Tree Farm, a Photographer’s Delight.

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I’ve been here before (and in the fog) and the pure orderly arrangement of perfectly trimmed trees makes my head swim. 

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In a good way.

No matter what angle you take for viewing, it is a pure visual delight. The fog adds another element, blurring rows in the distance and creating a grainy overlay on images.

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TREE FARM IN THE FOG

Posted: December 8, 2013 in Canon 7D, Details, Farms, Fields, Fog, Photography, Snow, Trees, Wabi Sabi, White, Winter, Wisconsin
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The Aissen Tree Farm in Pilson as seen through the lens of Wednesday’s glorious fog.

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WABI SABI NARROW

Posted: September 5, 2013 in Architecture, Barns, Details, Doors, Farms, Old Wood, Photography, Wabi Sabi, White, Windows, Wisconsin
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“When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

What? Another game of Hammerschlagen, you say? Wabi Sabi, if you are looking to get hammered, there are tastier ways to go about it.  Margaritas leap to mind.

No alcohol. No actual hammers. I hate to drag this fine old aphorism out once a month or so, but it is quite applicable to today’s blog.  Let’s go with “metaphor” as today’s weapon of choice.

A couple of weeks ago, I bought some photo paper in a new size: 8.5″ x 25″.  Suddenly I am looking at all sorts of pictures and cropping them to a long and narrow look with, I must say, some very interesting results.

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I did a couple of buildings in that fashion, then two long and skinny doors that are truly arresting printed large. Now when I’m processing my pictures on the computer, I’ve been looking at them with a fresh eye: find the sweetest spot and crop everything else out.  And, instead of limiting myself to more standard photo proportions, give long and skinny a whirl as well.

The two pictures in today’s blog came from barn photos I was going to toss because roof, sky and foreground were thoroughly nondescript. Trimming away all the extraneous material left two shots I was pleased with. 

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Softening hard lines and and muting the colors were the finishing touches.

Glad I found that new paper size. It’s nudging me into looking at my work from a different perspective.