Friday 12 October 2007

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.

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  1. I think it's more the "sweet melancholy" type of walk, rather than the "black abyss of depression" melancholy.
    I think it is perfectly named.

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  2. What a beautiful photograph! The place is gorgeous as is the scene you captured so well. Lovely.

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  3. You overlook that one definition of melancholy is "a --steve buser
    New Orleans Daily Photo
    pensive mood"

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  4. Realy like the light. The backlighting is very effective, making the womn's hair glow.

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  5. I 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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  6. BTW that last comment from forthmedia was me - made the mistake of letting blogger know something about me and it immediately starts to impersonate me without being asked

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  7. The light through the leaves and the shadow interplay is beautiful...the granduer of the trees is breathtaking...great shot!

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    --steve buser
    New Orleans Daily Photo

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