At the break of day, just as the sun crept above the horizon I zipped out to the garden. Before the dawn’s light waned and the stronger mid morning light prevailed; before the sweltering heat played drumbeats in my head. In the Garden, she arose.
High Key Filled with Light
High Key images are quite simply those that have a Dominant ratio of Light Tone within them. Upon observation, they are light, airy, seemingly filled with more hope and joy than an image that is more Low Key, dominantly darker tones.
To balance the darkness, the haunting sombre Low Key of Midnight of Eidolon I decided to post “A Rose” as well. Shadows and Light – I felt balance was needed.
I am pleased with the way this very early light conveyed a sense of the delicate and ephemeral sweetness of the lovely rose.
The soft focus seems to have enhanced this fragility as well.
Its hard to believe, I’ve never been a huge fan of the rose until this year. But the abstract shapes I’m seeing and the nuances of colors and tones have now charmed me!
In the Garden,
She arose
blushing at dawn’s first light
My fair Rose.
Ephemeral beauty
her soft sweet perfume
she sent like a charm
Bespelling
the Garden dwellers
I can feel the velvet…
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Amazing and stunning beauty!
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This is truly gorgeous, Debi!
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thank you Laura!
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Your photograph shows off the gentle folds of the beautiful rose. Both my grandmother and mother were master rose growers. The green thumb was not past on to me, but I do appreciate their beauty. Thank you for sharing your post Debi.
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Thank you Sharon. yes, grandparents! fond memories of their roses 🙂 my roses die – hence I resort to the neighbor’s garden 🙂
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Wonderful, beautiful, love your photo and the lovely poem. I love roses a lot, we have about 40 different kinds of roses. My favorite ones are old English roses, that look a bit like a ball and have a beguiling smell. Cheers Mitza
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Thank you…. I agree with you about the old style roses that have the deep wonderful aroma…. lovely!! yum
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yes, you could even make jam from these roses. We have a red one which originates from Persia, which has such a wonderful scent. This would be perfect for jam. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to pick all the flowers for this 🙂
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jam! that is a new one for me 🙂
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I wanted to send you a recipe but they are all in German or Esperanto, hehe, but if you want I will translate one for you.
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that would be great Mitza! want to email it to me at rileydj@hotmail.com might be easier? and translated would be lovely…. decided that one language is a handicap! 🙂
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okay, when I have time. Maybe you learn a little esperanto, too? hehe
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sounds a bit like ‘desperado’ to me, Mitza …. chuckling…..
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I learned 5 languages (English, French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew), but now my brain can’t learn anymore. I can only remember funny words like willy-nilly, serendipity etc. , hehe
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great words those! and “Calla”…. lest I forget… lol and wow, when I need Hebrew words I can go to You! yay!
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It’s long time ago that I learned Hebrew, when I was 20 and went to Israel to work in a kibbuz, but I still understand quite a lot when I see something in Hebrew in tv and I love this language and the country, too.
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that is fascinating! I’ve always been so interested in the culture and language; wanted to go there. But, its not a great time to be travelling about these days, now.
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yes, that’s true. When I was there in 1972 it was a really good time, the best year of my life. Can’t tell you how impressing it is to go through the bazar in old Jerusalem. We went there again several years ago with our son, who was a bit shocked (being a Waldorf scholar – if you know what I mean) that school-classes were accompanied by several people with machine-guns.
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that is where my heart always wished to go, … just not sensible now. Glad you got to go when it was a good time though!!
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Beautiful Debi. The more macro the more abstract 😊
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Thank you. I’ve always been fond of zooming right in and find microscopic photography are works of art.
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Beautiful rose and perfectly paired with your writing – this is wonderful Debi!
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thank you, I delighted in this one…. glad you enjoyed her as well! thank you Mary!
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Beautiful! I just figured out how to find comments on my own blog and came across yours. Lovely page!
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Oh Debi! I am in love with this rose! 🙂
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thank you! me tooo, very glad you enjoyed this one as well Jacint. I got up quite early, as it is very hot here now and the soft light was thrilling. 🙂
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Beautiful post Debi, I do love roses and their different shades of color! I am playing catch up today, missed out on some fabulous posts.
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thanks Jennifer!!
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