A flair for flare - # 258
Flair: Selective instinct for what is excellent. Flare: Dazzling irregular light, unshaded flame in open air. (Source: Oxford English Dictionary).
The track is "Melancholy Walk" alongside Ham House. It is far from melancholy, and the name puzzles me.
I think it's more the "sweet melancholy" type of walk, rather than the "black abyss of depression" melancholy.
ReplyDeleteI think it is perfectly named.
What a beautiful photograph! The place is gorgeous as is the scene you captured so well. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou overlook that one definition of melancholy is "a --steve buser
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pensive mood"
Realy like the light. The backlighting is very effective, making the womn's hair glow.
ReplyDeleteI go with freefalling - remember the old use of melancholia had more of reflective meaning than our current one. You certainly caught the subject at just he right point, compositionally and for the lighting. Dare I say it might look just as nice in .......
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ReplyDeleteThe light through the leaves and the shadow interplay is beautiful...the granduer of the trees is breathtaking...great shot!
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Lovely relaxing shot.
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