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Thursday, January 7, 2010

ANCIENT AND MODERN - HANDLES AGAINST THE SHED

LUCY CORRANDER - PICTURES JUST PICTURES - ANCIENT AND MODERN - HANDLES AGAINST THE SHED - JANUARY 7TH 2009 - SONY DSC-T77 - DSC05604temp

Take a Trip to Monochrome Weekend

28 comments:

Karen - An Artist's Garden said...: Oh Yes - I DO like this
:)
K; January 7, 2010 at 8:47 PM
James said...: Excellent! I caught myself tilting my head to look down.; January 8, 2010 at 5:07 AM
James said...: Hello again Lucy. If you return to my something Sighted blog you will see that I left a clue about the window display. Look at his neck in the left side of the bottom photo. :); January 8, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello James.

I've been to-ing and fro-ing to see your pictures during the day, trying to work it out, and was just about to leave a note on your blog asking 'Neck and side-burns?'.

I do hope you say more about how he came to be.

Lucy; January 8, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Anonymous said...: A hint to get shovelling perhaps.; January 9, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Lucy Corrander said...: Good Morning Aileni.

If only there were something to shovel! Yesterday's papers had a satelite picture of Britain and where I live is the only place with green showing instead of snow!

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Rune Eide said...: Beautiful subjects for monochrome are everywhere if you look for them- And you do :-); January 9, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Anne said...: YES!!! like it, and spesially the colours and the shades.
Happy weekend Lucy.; January 9, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Lucy Corrander said...: Thanks Rune. I rarely travel far from home which makes me value all the more what is to hand.

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Anne.

Interesting that you see colours as well as shades in a monochrome photo. That makes me proud because it shows it has 'worked'.

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 11:26 AM
Irene said...: Very nice! Happy Monochrome weekend and thanks for visiting!; January 9, 2010 at 12:07 PM
John said...: I think we have all been using the shovels lately for the snow. I like the wood textures; how about taking away the canes and the spade with the plastic handle; would be great with just the old wood shovel handle against the old wood of the shed. I'm being picky because it's cold outside!; January 9, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello John.

I was thinking your monochrome might today have been Wokingham in the snow. I was expecting visitors from that area on Thursday but they couldn't get out of their drive, let alone travel to Dorset.

About the picture of the fork and spade handles. I don't compose pictures - I take what's there. I know that's an un-necessary approach . . . but it's what I do!

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 2:02 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Irene.

Glad you like the shed and handles photo.

I also like your 'Happy Monochrome Weekend' greeting - as if it is a special festival!

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 2:09 PM
Lene said...: Those looks like they have been used a lot :) A bit of history in those handles, I guess :); January 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Lene.

Yes, history in the spade and fork but in the hand tools at their feet too.

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Great perspective and textures Lucy. A fine image.; January 9, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Thanks Aware Writer.

Incidentally, I was taking pictures of driftwood last week but my photos weren't anywhere near as interesting as the wood itself. I'll have to try again.

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Chie Wilks said...: great shots....the spades help a lot during winter...

mine is here, hope u can visit; January 9, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Julie said...: That is a gorgeous old shovel, Lucy. It would make a glorious study in its own right.

I love the angle. Totally throws the viewer off.; January 9, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Julie. John was saying something similar. I'll have to make a special photo of the older handle for another day.

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Chie.

The spade will be even more useful in the spring, I expect.

I have tried to visit your blog this evening but couldn't get it to load. (My computer is behaving very eratically today.) I'll try again.

Lucy; January 9, 2010 at 10:14 PM
Anonymous said...: It's a lovely, earthy feeling you've captured. It makes me think of spring and planting and growing, despite all this snow!

I'm not sure why I decided to photograph that holdfast - it's the sort of gross slimy thing my brothers would have teased me with when we were younger, and I would have run away screaming. It did seem to look like little hands all clasped together. And I love sea urchin shells! I used to collect fragments of them - the little bumps left where the spines once were make them very tactile.; January 10, 2010 at 10:02 AM
ElinSire said...: I like it! The sepia colour was perfect!; January 10, 2010 at 9:27 PM
Marka said...: Interesting how the old often-times works better or is preferred to the new, eh?; January 11, 2010 at 1:58 AM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Kitty.

Garden tools always seem to hold an optimistic atmosphere.

As for the Holdfast . . . I'm glad you posted that - and the sea urchin shell too. Although, it seems from the comments, the pebbles are the most popular of your three images, I was pleased to see the other two more because they are less common as subjects for general photography and therefore (to me) more interesting.

Lucy; January 11, 2010 at 9:47 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello ElinSire.

The gentle sepia seemed to 'fit'. It didn't make the photo seem old or sentimental but was less cold than straight black and white.

Lucy; January 11, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Lucy Corrander said...: Hello Marka.

I definitely like old tools (as long as they work!). They provide a sense of continuity and purpose. New tools hold potential - but uncertainty too.

Lucy; January 11, 2010 at 9:52 PM

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