black and white photography

black & white sunday: local watering hole

 

The source of water for the residents of Fort Collins, CO comes from large areas of land that drain snowmelt and rainfall waters to the Upper Cache la Poudre River, Big Thompson River, and Horsetooth Reservoir. 

While walking around Horsetooth during this past winter, I was drawn to the composition of these elements of the shoreline… rocks, ice, water, and sky.  

Horsetooth Reservoir

Horsetooth Reservoir

Offered in response to Irene Water’s challenge as a guest at  Paula’s Lost in Translation

beyond what the eye can see

my old village lies

far beyond what the eye can see,

but there the lark is singing

                                                 ~Issa*

journey

this print is available through Turning  Art

*cited:

The Sound of Water

Trans. S Hamill

black & white sunday: natural

 

There are pauses between the showers of the outer world,

But there is no time when my sleeves, wet with tears, are dry.

                                                                                         ~Murasaki Shikibu*

black and white sunday natural

Lost in Translation’s theme for the Black and White Sunday is… natural

*cited:

Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

Trans: A Omori & K Doi

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html

thursday’s special: street photography/portraits

Relationships nourish the soul… often while I am out and about my imagination drifts away from the present as I begin to silently story the lives of others.  These two street images offer multiple stories about the dynamics of human interaction…with self, with others, with technology.

 

A dad with his son…playing ball?  Yet, while he is silently watching his son pick up the ball, there something about his stance that has me wonder if his mind is elsewhere.street

A solitary figure…waiting to meet someone while texting another or texting the one he is waiting for?

street (1)

Ponderings and images in response to Lost in Translation’s Thursday special.