A Timeless Path
Sepia can give photos a timeless quality. This path is far into the forest away from civilization where I have taken many pictures of the miracle of nature’s beauty. I walk with my dogs and feel the serenity of this special place where I lose the sense of time and space that is so necessary in our often too stressful and busy lives. The light at the end of the path suggests entrance into another realm. I want to thank Faithart, a member of RB, a brilliant artist and poet who chose to write a poem to pair with “A Timeless Path.” I would highly recommend viewing her stunning art work.
Midst the silence of the forest
I can hear my footsteps
As I go.
Somewhere above a bird is calling.
Walking along the pathway is like a treasure hunt.
Around each corner is a pot of gold.
Out of the light into the shadows and back again.
Measured footsteps matching the rhythm of the soul.
The trees are playful.
Their leaf-laden branches sway in the breeze,
Making geometric patterns with the sunlight.
But summer is retreating.
Soon the leaves that fall in twos and threes today
Will be jostling for a space below.
I must hurry.
I want to arrive before darkness spreads its shroud
And the light at the end of the pathway is quenched.
The end is the beginning.
I shall return.
Faithart
A Timeless Path belongs to the following groups:
All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, AW Welcome Center, Falling Leaves, Forests, Landscape Photography and Your Magic Place (PLACES only!!) Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
David Iori
Nice Work
Ruth Palmer
Beautiful! Very “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobish”!
midzing
beautiful.. well done
Tron
Beautiful piece Julie,leisure and diversion from our everyday stressful lives is very much needed for the balance we need. To resume our labors without diversions has no effectiveness at all and our feeling of accomplishments are lost. Stroll daily and enjoy :)
mlgkats
this is really beautiful , love the sepia look , wondering what it looks like in b&w
~ Ademac
Lovely scene, enhanced by the use of the sepia.
Wendy Slee
alluring and mysterious, yet somehow, filled with hope…...there is always light leading us onwards….
Antanas
beautiful shot
aphoto4you
DJ this is like HDI ..awsome work …light is perfect and tones…I hope u doing very well with macro work…Let me know how it goes…FANTASTIC WORK with colour here…...I gota FAVORITE this
Anne2
Beautiful, great warm sepia effect!
Gene Praag
Great capture….love when a shot draws you in!
Marc Evans IPA
Love the lighting and far off focal point. Nice shot !
AlienVisitor
It as a sort of alienness to it!
AV
micmac
One of my favorite pic .on R.B
Michael J Armijo
Wow…I love the golden tones here…looks like a spot I know during my hikes in the Palisades. Beautiful image…sort of takes me AWAY. :) Pleasant.
Julie Marks
Michael, I lived in the Palisades Highlands and this is the path on Palisades Drive, one of my favorite retreats.
Helene Kippert
Beautiful image Julie – the sepia works well
Lucindawind
its beautful
MooseMan
I went through your RB portfolio and chose this one to be the favorite that represents your presence in my list of favorites :) It connects to my own love of the outdoors, as well as the “light at the end of the tunnel” that I’m trying to reachin my attempt to recover from the burnout and depression that hit sooooooo hard in 2007. Awesome photo; very meaningful. I’d love to see the original as well.
Julie Marks
Thanks so much Mooseman. I have more photos in this series that I will upload since it also is one of my favorite places to walk in Topanga State Forest. It is so serene and peaceful with streams that Mikey loved to swim in when we had a house in a forest with amazing views and the joy of living in nature. It was the people who were the problem and I don’t recommended living anywhere where there is a home owner’s association who are control freaks setting up arbitray rules that destroyed the peace of living among forest animals and the magnificance of nature. I will look through my photos to find more photos of my special path. I want to frame it so you can see a much larger
view of this wonderful path.
Franmacimages
Wonderful Julie Sress free Perfect capture A Big Fav Well done F x
Sharon Hammond
This is a gorgeous scene. I half expect to see a fairy flitting across the screen.
Faith Puleston
Thanks, Julie! No. I think I was a bit ambiguous. the trial (demo) was of loading a painting them puttling the poem in the description, which I did for Olgadmy to see. But otherwise you are right. I got to this result by trial and error. I seem to be at loggerheads with long, slim formats. I had all that lovely midnight sky, but the painting wasn’t telling me anything so I thought it mgiht not tell anyone else anything either – do you have that experience of looking at a painting and wondering what it is for???? I think painting is not about wallpaper (which you can get in rolls) but about capturing in a limited format something that is worth releasing to the viewer. So an empty painting is plain empty! Birds always make me feel the magic of creation in all its forms and I love putting them into my paintings, so the rather chauvinistic red cardinal (had to be red to match the sky) was a natural development in the painting. I’ll mail about the group ….
Faith Puleston
Wow. I was so busy preaching that I forgot to say how magical I find this sepia image:-)
aila
Beautiful Julie!Lovely lightning.Great sepia effect.
KEITH R. WILL...
very beautiful
Kenny Gulley Jr.
amazing
Aurora Pintore
excellent picture, I like it!!!!!!
Jennifer Barclay
This is a very warm and inviting image, nice capture
micmac
Superb processing and light,realy beautiful!!