corner view ≈ darkness and light

in the morning, as i wake up, i've started noticing a douglas fir's branches bending in the wind, in shadows on the opposite wall from my bed. i'm sure it's been there forever, but i've only started seeing it now. sharp shadows remind me of my years in college, when i pushed my analog images way beyond tolerance. i have always had a soft spot for hard contrasts, darkness and light being my personal sibling rivals. jane's corner view, francesca's hosting, dorte's theme.

21 comments:

  1. Le monde dÖJanuary 8, 2014 at 8:51 AM

    I think your drawings show us this great personal sibling... and this photo as well ;) Have a nice day.

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  2. FrancescaJanuary 8, 2014 at 10:07 AM

    i'm just now liking softer contrasts ... must be age-related :)

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  3. Menthe BlancheJanuary 8, 2014 at 11:55 AM

    I think I'm like Francesca ;) Happy new year Nadine!

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  4. tanïaJanuary 8, 2014 at 12:53 PM

    I'd even go so far to assert that the sibling rivalry of darkness and light can be taken as an allegory for the whole life.

    Love that picture, by the way.
    The emptiness raises questions...questions of what has happened to life in this town, that disappears in a blurry background..."bonjour tristesse" and "early morning peace and calm" both in one...

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    1. tanïaJanuary 8, 2014 at 12:59 PM

      Happy new year, my dear!! How could I forget that?! ;o)

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  5. BethJanuary 8, 2014 at 1:36 PM

    Your photo illustrates the theme well. I'm with Francesca, but as I'm 59(soon to be 60, I've been there awhile!:>)

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  6. KristinJanuary 8, 2014 at 3:04 PM

    Some shadows are not discovered until years later in an hour of peace and pause. Happy New Year, my dear!

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  7. simply bevJanuary 8, 2014 at 3:06 PM

    Love this! I'm really drawn to the windows and rooflines. Happy New Year!

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  8. HeatherJanuary 8, 2014 at 6:47 PM

    Hauntingly beautiful - it seems to say, "There's a mystery story here."

    Happy new year!

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  9. Ariane ReichardtJanuary 8, 2014 at 10:10 PM

    Dearest Nadeschda,
    I walk down memory lane... even I pushed my b/w films, big grain, small number of grey between black and white... sometimes too hard. But your photo here, heaven! it is both.. at least... contrasted and soft. Enigmatic devoid of people and inhabited... you show houses! Fantastic art, Dear.

    Love
    xo Ariane
    PS. Yes, I have painted the vase with silverdust, ahem, pigments. But for me it looks too much like aluminium. I have just painted it with a mixture of silver, gold and graphite... yummy! :)

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 11:44 PM

    Happy New Year!
    I am into the hard contrasts too. Love the photo too :)

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  11. shayndelJanuary 9, 2014 at 12:54 AM

    beautiful to think how light and shadows we notice change with age!!
    Like wine perhaps our vision and sensitivity does `improve` and makes sensing the world around us more delicious!
    Rich robust musings, Happy 2014!
    Love♡

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  12. shayndelJanuary 9, 2014 at 12:56 AM

    ps I wil post a light dark cv too, but thought cv was starting later next week! oops, ♡

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  13. gisJanuary 9, 2014 at 4:31 PM

    Great photo, and I hope your camera recovers soon….
    Happy new year, I love so much taking pictures (with and without contrast, isn't it all there already, after all?), a passion we can share (unlikely the drawing, which is quite scaring to me, but that's another story!).

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  14. LeslieJanuary 9, 2014 at 4:34 PM

    darkness and light. a worthy theme. (i too, watch the shadows in the morning, cast by the maple tree outside my bedroom window.) funny you should be writing about the morning in relation to darkness and light - i've posted a poem (not mine) that you might find apropos, over at my place. curious what you think of it. it may not speak to you as it did to me - poetry is like that…

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  15. Patrice A.January 9, 2014 at 5:19 PM

    darknes and light
    all those greys.....

    wat een prachtige foto
    het past zo bij mijn stemming
    melancholisch
    komt vast ook door het weer.....

    xx

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  16. RedekerJanuary 9, 2014 at 6:08 PM

    happy new year with loads of great photo's and art!!
    your photo is very touching with the sharp darkness and softened lights....
    -x-

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  17. likeschocolateJanuary 9, 2014 at 9:46 PM

    In the story Jane Eyre by Jane Austin, she says you can't not appreciate the light without the darkness.

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  18. renildeJanuary 10, 2014 at 2:05 PM

    i'm a big fan of b/w photography, not distracted by color i seem to see the subject clearer, the details, the bones of the image (can you say that?)
    beautiful shot.
    i also just enjoyed the photos in your previous posts, a pleasure, the stories they tell.
    xx

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  19. TeraJanuary 15, 2014 at 11:33 AM

    ...but what if they haven't been there forever, what if they just suddenly sprouted to give you something to ponder? I just like to think too much and have made much thought of your post. I do love it so and find it so wintry.

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  20. Terri Mappin (Terri Mappin Photography)January 21, 2014 at 4:57 AM

    What a delightful, intriguing blog! Such diversity! Cheers!

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