ragman
Profile
- Name
- ragman
- City
- Kearney
- Country
- Ireland
- Joined
- Jan 2008
TWENTY THOUSAND VIEWS
thank you all for your support through comments and favourites ~ please continue to look in
ONE THOUSAND VIEWS FOR HORSE ISLAND ~ THANKS
Horse island ~ Strangford Lough
Sigma
“The aesthetic experience is a simple beholding of the object ~ James Joyce”
Abstract Realism
My work is essentially Abstract Realism ~ sufficiently real enough to be recognised ~ but abstracted sufficiently to provide differentiation.
Interplay of Light and Shade
It is light, first of all as enlightenment, it is as James Joyce put, beholding.
Secondly it is light, i.e. using the light that comes from above, for we are indeed ‘painting with light’.
Thirdly it is light, how we use that light to illuminate, i.e. to reveal, like the spotlight on a work of art, or a ‘super-trooper’ focusing on the artiste, dancer or musician on the stage.
Fourthly and finally it is light. Light as a colour or tone on our palette to feature or as emphasis and it this we wish to address in this article. Since the beginning of time, humans have strived to discover and understand what light exactly is.
Everpresent Everywhere
Old Ireland
I live in a cottage dating back to c.1700 in the beautiful old 9th century village of Kearney, which is Northern Ireland’s hidden gem
My Equipment
Nikon D200 DSLR
Nikkor VR24-120mm lens,
Sigma 12-24mm lens,
Nikkor 20mm lens.
Lumix Leica LX2 with Dc Vario Elmarit lens.
Thank you for looking in on my work ~ It is much appreciated
Regards Ragman
Groups
ragman hosts *Nowhere Like Northern Ireland* and is a member of Complex Simplicity of Art, *All Seascapes, A Novel Idea, A Photographer's Craft , Abstract Art, Aeronautics & Aviation, All Flames of Light , All Things Orange, All Things Poetic, Prose, Philosophical., Alley Art, Altered by Design, Alternative Process Photography, Amateur Photographers' Association, Architectural Photography, As Is, Beautiful Belgium, Bits and Pieces , Black and White Photography, Bridges, Cards - Best of the Best, Cars, Bikes and Motorsports, Castle Magic, CAT LOVE, Challenge Café, Childhood, Christmas and Seasonal Greeting Cards, Collective Collage, Colour Me Red!, Contemporary Architecture, Corporate Art/Themes, Dawn and Dusk Light, Dilapidated Buildings, Domestic Art - Home is Where the Art Is, Emotive Photography - Not Happy Campers, Equine Art and Photography, Falling Leaves, Film Photography, Flash Fiction, Globes, Spheres and Curves, Gorgeous Germany, Graphic Scratch, Happy Haven, Heritage in Stone, History, Horse and Rider , I ♥ Patterns, Iberia , In the Moment, In The Shadows, Infrared Photography, Inspiring Greeting Cards, Ireland , Italy and all things Italian, Kairos - Capturing the Decisive Moment, Lensbaby, Light and Reflection, Lighthouses, Lines, Masterpiece: Literature, Masterpiece: Photography, Mills & Mines, Minimalism, My Neighborhood, Mysteries of the Common, Nautical, New England, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Numbers One to a Trillion, Object Studies & Concepts, Our K9 Friend, Out of the Blue, Out of the Past, Passions, Photo Humor, Photo-Zen, Photographic France, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Poetry Barn, Railway Art, Photos and Words, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits, Sepia-Toned, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings, Shots in the Fog, Simply White, Six Words Only, Skyscapes, Stairs, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Sunrise, Sunset, Tea and Chairs, The Eyes Have It, The Fine Art of Photography, The Forge of Virtue , The Two Of Us, The Urban Environment, This is England, Trains, Two Word Challenge, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Windows and Doors and Writers' Market.
Journal Entries
essence spirit of the place
Posted 22 days ago, 8 comments so far.
RAGMAN TOPS
Posted 26 days ago.
RAGMAN 'LOST' iPOD music
Posted 26 days ago, 14 comments so far.
RAGMAN 'LOST' iPOD images
Posted 26 days ago, 10 comments so far.
Interplay of Light and Shade
Posted about 1 month ago, 11 comments so far.
Strangford Lough
Posted about 1 month ago, 9 comments so far.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND VIEWS
Posted about 1 month ago, 12 comments so far.
Strange Phenomena ~ Footsteps heard on the stairs 1
Posted about 1 month ago, 3 comments so far.
*TOP TEN IMAGES*
Posted about 1 month ago, 1 comment so far.
*new light thru old windows 300 views*
Posted 2 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Art
Clothing
Writings
Not any old iron ~ it's a sad iron
Tuesday was usually set aside for ironing, a chore that took all day and was nearly as tiring as washing.
nobody said life would be perfect
nobody said life would be perfect
Another Blonde Chapter: Images
There she was, even better looking in real life as she was on television. Immaculately dressed in the latest but most casual of fashions, blue eyes, well attended to blonde hair,
Another Blonde Chapter: of Coco, monks and giants
‘I’m Coco’, she said, ‘and I’m raving bonkers I replied without thinking’, which brought us both into fits of laughter; still the ice was broken.
Another Blonde Chapter: A beach too far
independent springing on a Triumph Herald convertible is one thing, but having to come across suspender belt and stockings on a Trinity College girl for the first time is another
Another Blonde Chapter: the smell of the bakery across the street
I guess the big question in life wasn’t ~ could I have another coconut finger, but it might have been easier than asking her if she wanted to go the Castle Cinema on Friday night.
