This is a pastel drawing I did a few weeks ago. Gold Dust / Tori Amos Sights and Sounds / pull me back down / another year I WAS HERE / I WAS HERE Whipping past / the reflecting pool / me and you / skipping school / And we make it up / as we go along / We make it up as we go along You said you raced from Langley / pulling me underneath / a cherry blossom canopy / Do I have / of course I have, / beneath my raincoat, / I have your photographs. / And the sun on your face / I’m freezing that frame And somewhere Alfie cries / and says “Enjoy his every smile / You can see in the dark / Through the eyes of Laura Mars” / How did it go so fast / you’ll say / as we are looking back / and then we’ll understand / we held gold dust / in our hands Sights and Sounds / pull me back down another year I WAS HERE / I WAS HERE Gaslights glow in the street / (flickering past) / Twilight held us in her palm / as we walked along / And we make it up / as we go along / We make it up as we go along Letting names / Hang in the air / What color hair / (auburn crimson) / Autumn knowingly stared / and the day that she came / I’m freezing that frame / I’m freezing that frame And somewhere Alfie smiles / and says “Enjoy her every cry / You can see in the dark / Through the eyes / Of Laura Mars” How did it go so fast / You’ll say as we are looking back / and then we’ll understand / We held gold dust / in our hands in our hands
If wine likes cold climates, the wine from these vines will be supurb!
Pastel drawing done at a well known West Australian Vineyard
Title: Time Machine / Capture Date: 09/14/2007 / Dimensions: 3654×2592 / Exposure: 2 sec at f/6.7 / Focal Length: 28mm / ISO: 100 / Filter: No / Flash: No / Uploaded Date: 09/14/2007 / Comments: Long exposure of a ferris wheel at the 21st Grapevine Texas Grapefest. Great wine from Texas and all over the world! Let’s also not forget: corn dogs, sausage on a stick, turkey legs, chicken on a stick, and finally funnel cake! Yum! © 2007 Charles Dobbs Photography. All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Charles Dobbs. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.
I know, I said I wouldn’t upload anything for a long period. But before throwing myself in studying, I had to help my family with the grape harvest (“vendemmia” in Italian) and as everytime in this period, I was enchanted by the beauty of the nature hidden in the grapesvine shoots. I couldn’t help myself taking several shots and I ended up putting online this miniserie. / I hope the Light in these shots will please your eyes, warm your soul and comfort who is in a time of darkness (Mother Nature helped me to love Life and keep my hopes even in the worst moments). / Links to my other works: / NATURE / PORTRAITS / TRAVELLING / VARIOUS
Grapevine shadow. Best viewed LARGE
see more of my meteorological based photography by clicking on the image below /
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Rymill Coonawarra Winery , South Australia. Stephen Chapple and I will displaying our work in this amazing winery during the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival .
Toy camera delight- thanks to Jemimalovesbigted! who inspired the red lantern, sold me the Holga, and basically got me hooked.
Grapevine in full Autumnal colours.
These photographs were taken using the TtV technique are part of my TtV: Through the Viewfinder Series Photographed using a 50 year old vintage Argoflex Seventy-five and a Canon. Best viewed LARGE
This untouched photograph was taken using the TtV technique and is part of my TtV: Through the Viewfinder Series Photographed using a 50 year old vintage Argoflex Seventy-five and a Canon. Best viewed LARGE
From Aesop’s Fables: A famished Fox crept into a vineyard where he spied a cluster of ripe, luscious grapes draped high upon the arbor. He took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Again and again he tried to reach the tasty prize, but with no greater success. At last he had to admit defeat and he walked away muttering to himself, “What does it matter, I’m sure those grapes are sour anyway!” Moral: It is easy to despise what you cannot have. Ink drawing with digital color, 2007. See more from this series at my porfolio website www.stephaniesmith.com This image is one of many story images of birds and animals featured in my calendar Legendary Tales: Myths and Legends
Grapevine #12 Great Challenges
The beautiful young girl wrapped her arms around the man that had helped her climb out of desparation. He was old and rugged, yet as she stroked his crusty old face she knew that she would be safe in his arms till she could stand alone. Camera: Canon 5D / Lens: EF 100mm macro / Focal length: 100mm (Note – full frame sensor) / Shutter Speed: 1/350th seconds / Aperture: _f_6.7 / ISO: 400 / White balance: Auto / Format: RAW / Drive Mode: Single / Filters: Nil / Post Processing: / Lightroom – Angle, Highlight recovery, contrast, sharpen, noise reduction / Photoshop – Nil
My backyard grapevine with lanterns just before Melbourne descended into Hell and everything got fried. / (Holga effect used)
24” X 16” Oil on Canvas 05/2009 A gnarly old vine, painted from a photograph by Cathy P. Jones / /
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Watercolor painting of pears ready to harvest. Original painting is 15×20”, painted on 140 lb Arches paper and is available by contacting the artist. Giclee prints are available in many sizes. Hanging Out, a still life of grapes hanging on a vine, was painted to hang with this painting. Both available as prints.
In the first week of September 2008, we were driving back down the Alaska Highway from Haines Junction to Whitehorse, capital of the Yukon. The clouds were rolling in when I stopped to take some reflection shots across the surface of a small lake, when I heard an unusual sound. My guide, Margaret Goodwin of Yukon Tourism, immediately told me that it was the sound of elk. So we waited until they broke cover and I shot two dozen frames very quickly. I had two cameras around my neck, a Pentax K100D with my 18-125mm lens and a Pentax K100D with my 70-300mm lens. Naturally I chose the longer of the two lenses. But here’s the problem … shooting images of wildlife comes with the unstated truth that just because you’re pointing your camera at a magnificent beast in its natural surroundings, it does not follow that the animal will actually look in your direction. And that can be a major problem! So, yes, I have a few shots of rumps and spines and assorted racks. And just as I was starting to grit my teeth while the herd departed back into the trees, the leader of the herd gave me a fleeting, imperious look. That’s when I hit the trigger on this frame. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K200D, using a Sigma 70-300mm lens. F5.6, 1/90 sec, ISO 400, focal length 300mm. Canada08Elk-01September-8508
This is a studio setup friends. The light source is a large soft box attached with one strobe. I desire a little ruby wine and a book of verses, Just enough to keep me alive, and half a loaf is needful; And then, that I and thou should sit in a desolate place Is better than the kingdom of a sultan” / a rubayat by Omar Khyyam Nikon D200, Nikkor 28-105, f3.5/4.5
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