Someone May Still Call This Their Birthplace…
A fact never to be underestimated – someone, out there, may still call this their birthplace.
It captured my attention while in the car on my way south. A short walk on the gravel road is all it took to reach the old house that parted with its best years sometime in the last millennium. That colour, the textures of decaying wood, rusting roof and the remains of the dead tree, fallen where it lived, still searching with its long fingers for the occupants, long gone.
I was mesmerised by the scene. There is something profoundly sad about the remains of buildings, any kind of ruins. Is it because they remind us of the inevitable and our disposability in this world. And all the usual questions: how old is it, who lived in it, and will it make it to the next autumn or even next week?
Time to go, I had better move. The sky of ‘I mean business’ colour has been gathering strength for a while. Its forward party already seized the strategic heights from the playful patches of the late afternoon sun. When it hits, it will hit hard.
On the way back, just one more look … enough time to take another breath of impressions, to treasure, and an image to share, with you.
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Anne Smyth
dramatic and emotion laden image – great capture
Peter Kurdulija replied
Thank you Anne
Laurie Search
Beautiful! I love the light and the color!
cdwork
Superb!!!!!! Awesome light! I love how you’ve emphasized the beauty and line of the old lonely homestead. The fallen tree makes it even sadder.
charlena
I absolutely love this, and I have several photos of old homes, excellent capture.
Lisa Wilson
Peter, beautifully captured and finished – what a moment to be there.
Carole Boudreau
This is a powerful capture, full of meaning as you rightly described, bravo for the great framing and contrast in colors and textures!
JennyDean
Wonderful image Peter. That dark sky is just great to set the whole scene. Have been reading a book about taking better pictures and the bloke says you have to have the design the mood and the content, they’re all here for sure.
Murray Swift
I prefer the foreground house to the one in the back ground! Great image Peter.
satya4u
Awesome photograph Peter ! truly mesmarising specially the dead tree and its fallen bushes towards the house as if searching for its old master.
Gary L. Suddath
dark ominous clouds really make the landscape and old home pop…excellent
Eva and Klaus ...
So peaceful, so beautiful!!!
Nickolay Stanev
Awesome! Great colors, contrasting with the gloomy sky above.
Alleycatsgarden
beauty shot man – where’s this one? I’ve seen it, I am an old house shed junkie, and spend a lot of time driving around this country photographing them – sadly, I’ve lost all of my photos, and need to do the excercise again (fun)
Peter Kurdulija replied
Wairarapa, Gladstone
DIANEPEAREN
AWESOME PHOTO.EVEN IF YOU HAD JUST POSTED THE PHOTO…NO DESCRIPTION, IT IS THE TYPE OF PICTURE THAT MAKES YOU JUST SIT AND WONDER ABOUT ITS HISTORY. CURTAIN STILL IN THE WINDOW…A TREE REACHING OUT TO THE HOUSE…AND THE SADDEST PART IS,EVENTUALLY IT WILL ALL BE GONE.THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS BIT OF HISTORY WITH US.
Marguerite Foxon
Just a wonderful photo with fabulous lighting. And yes, a poignant reminder about what might be in the eye of another beholder of an old run down house