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SmugMug > keywords > woods > The gorge at Pulpit Rock Conservation area - it was raining and this close to the falls there's a lot of splashing which you can see plainly in this shot. Where the water drops is well over my head.
SmugMug > keywords > woods > quick and dirty shot as the rain started. this is about 20-25 minutes from the parking lot. The entire foreground is ice on rock with some snow.
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SmugMug > keywords > woods > Bailey Arboretum, Lattingtown, Nassaue County, New York
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SmugMug > keywords > woods > 20100309-5288 Gnarled and gangly twisted twins of a winter wood. I was going to post another passably pretty, eye-catching photo tonight. One which would selectively present a slightly surreal and isolated view of some small natural detail which surrounds me this time of year, but which would have purposely shown the subject completely out of context just by it's composition. Then I ran across someone's critique of a beginner's image on a unrelated website. The critique made me pause, not because the photo was lacking, but rather the critic was. The image itself was of a scene similar to what's above, albeit a much better composed decomposition. The so-called critique was based on the viewer's idea of what a pleasing woodland scene should look like, which sounded sort of manufactured or fairytale-like by his description. (I.e. no distracting "dead stuff" all around.) No effort was made to notice or appreciate the photographer's clearly voiced connection to the space shown, and no suggestion on how to better highlight the intended subject was made. In short, it was not a critique but merely a statement of dislike by someone who doubtlessly has spent very little time in the woods. So, as an act of solidarity to another woodsman and budding nature photographer, I'm posting a clearly cluttered composition of scattered woodland debris and deciduous decay. Take THAT finicky fellow enthralled exclusively by photographs of impossibly fake fairytale forests. ;-) BTW, the two vines intertwining before you are possibly older than I am (without doubt, better grounded) and have stretched far and wide in the canopy above. Many of the downed trees littering the floor probably gave early rise to the twining twosome, and sadly, did so to their own detriment. I plan to remove the few lingering dead limbs leaning in the pair's portal, as it would make a great place to sit and watch (and smell) spring invade the hillside. Maybe I'll shoot a SP once my perch is prepped for occupancy.
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