All around, no flowers in bloom
Nor maple leaves in glare,
A solitary fisherman’s hut alone
On the twilight shore
Of this autumn eve.
Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241)
This morning I read this beautiful, almost nine hundred years old Japanese poem in the (most interesting) book “Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers”. And somehow it reflects the mood of this day at the very end of our two week Christmas break. Tomorrow it is back to the job that pays the bills.
I took the photo on a gloomy day at Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. I wanted to capture the motion of the dark, fast moving clouds, so I dialed in the lowest native ISO on my PEN-F, the narrowest aperture (f/22), with resulted in a shutter speed of 56 seconds. Obviously, the cam was sitting on a tripod. It resulted in a kind of Zen-ish image, a creative genre of photography that I want to explore a bit more this year besides my usual street work.
Have a great Sunday!
Marcus
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So incredible!
Thank you so much, glad you like 🙂 ! Marcus
Awesome photograph! It really transmits a feeling to the viewer.
Thanks, Aryn, so much appreciated! Marcus
Zen-ish is the perfect description. It’s such a moody shot. I love the movement of the clouds.
Thanks 🙂 !
Mystisch-schön, schön mystisch, diese Szene am See – und eine tolle Illustration der alten japanischen Zeilen.
Danke, Maren, ein wunderbarer Kommentar! Marcus
Yes! Haiku celebrates imagery – perfect companion for photography!
So right! Thanks for commenting 🙂 !
Really beautiful Marcus and it also has a lovely calming feel to it, ha ha that might just be me 🙂 Have a great week, Lynne
Thanks so much, Lynne. Actually, I really enjoyed the calmness of this moody afternoon when taking the photo. Marcus
It come out in the photos Marcus 🙂
Lovely poem- it matches your photo beautifully! Hope your first day back at work isn’t too bad, have a fab week!:)
Thanks for your kind words, Chloe 🙂 ! Actually, the start was not too bad 😉
Marcus, you might add Moody Sky to your title. Nice image.
Thanks, Tim, glad you like it!
Beautiful
There seems to be an invitation to pause within this image as well as an encouragement to return. Am I “feeling” the 56 seconds…to open up, remain, and be silently still for 56 seconds? Ah…an image of contemplation. _()_
Hi Marcus, thanks for posting the link to the Daidō Moriyama video yesterday. I found it very inspiring and was later up most of the night taking photographs!
Lovely image, and that poem is great
Wow. It’s gorgeous!