"To the Moon", a photo from California, West

Photographer's Note

Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth,
And ever changing, like a Joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

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carlab (2097) 2007-07-11 1:13

wow! it's fantastic!
ciao
Carla

thea0211 (1365) 2007-07-11 1:13

:) just lovely

so simple, yet so complex - and am trying to find words for it, but words are pretty meaningless here (aren't they almost always?)

beautiful, animesh - thank you!

dora

ninaL (21348) 2007-07-11 1:22

Hi, Animesh.
Simple.
Elegant.
Impressive.
Beautiful.

Best regards. Grazyna.

sidstakes (772) 2007-07-11 1:40

Cool.. the contrast between darkness and full moon in b&w is superb.. and again that silvery reflection on the water is terrific...this one makes the audience travel into and along the inner recesses of the human subconsciousness...the one that falls into darkness...something that is only known to oneself...something which don't see the light of the day.... :)

bantonbuju (51815) 2007-07-11 1:56

minimalism at its best...
hard to resist photographing in full colour is a sunset is the main subject...but you keep your consistency and its good...
bw, j.

designsoul (17843) 2007-07-11 5:29

When a moonscape becomes a minimalist abstraction, a study of the mystery of dark and light... a very lovely work that accompanies this beautiful Shelley poem... I was thinking of Dvorak, the Song to the Moon from Rusalka...
take care Animesh,
sasa

sackbut (375) 2007-07-11 8:30

Very reminiscent of Munch's paintings. Nice image.

prantik (1136) 2007-07-11 17:31

Plena mujer, manzana carnal, luna caliente,
espeso aroma de algas, lodo y luz machacados,
qué oscura claridad se abre entre tus columnas?
Qué antigua noche el hombre toca con sus sentidos?
Ay, amar es un viaje con agua y con estrellas,
con aire ahogado y bruscas tempestades de harina:
amar es un combate de relámpagos
y dos cuerpos por una sola miel derrotados.
Beso a beso recorro tu pequeño infinito,
tus márgenes, tus ríos, tus pueblos diminutos,
y el fuego genital transformado en delicia
corre por los delgados caminos de la sangre
hasta precipitarse como un clavel nocturno,
hasta ser y no ser sino un rayo en la sombra.

--Pablo Neruda, "Cien sonetos de amor", Soneto XII

English translation

nerve (10231) 2007-07-11 23:22

well, this one suits for an art gallery, not here! ;)

Great one Mr. Ray, pure aesthetics.

Brian (3) 2007-07-14 13:37

Hi Animesh,
This is beauitful. The bright moon light reflecting across the dark water is full of contrast. I love the grainy fuzzy moon.

Take care,
Brian

Furachan (0) 2007-07-17 18:36

Lovely shot yeat again, Animesh. I notice two things (from the last execution): the adoption of the square format which works stranegly well here, and the drastically different placement of focus. Nice quote from Shelley to top it off...
Best,
Francis

tigra (2968) 2007-07-17 23:38

Wonderful! Very simple romantic composition and nice note to it.
Katia

rosiegirl (1596) 2007-07-21 22:30

Nice one. I love that dancing light. It's a great shot made up of simple shapes. I don't really know what's out there in the water- I want to believe it's a whale's tail, but realistically I'm guessing a bridge. I kind of wish it was just the moon and it's reflection, but the interruption doesn't bother me too much. Good work.
Rosie

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2007-07-25 8:46

Hi!
Nice picture.
Excellent way of the light...
Tfs,Jonas

kalparupa (0) 2007-07-29 5:16 [Comment]

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sayan (2617) 2007-07-31 2:25

Dear Animesh da,

I missed your gallery for a long time due to my busy schedule but I wonder how I missed this one. Another poetry I would say, with a wonderful note. It is shear magic in a sense that you have captured only the full moon and its reflection, very romantic indeed.

regards

sayan

j4uvikram (57) 2007-07-31 11:38