I was more fascinated by the photographic possibilities in the coach house at Monte Cristo. They have a huge collection of horse drawn vehicles.
Is that a Coolibah tree beside the abandoned house? Every Australian knows about Coolibah trees because the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda is nigh on our unoffical national anthem but most of us live nowhere near the inland where they grow. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Oh my!! Isn't this a treasure trove! I can smell those mouldy old leathers. I would just love to visit that barn. But re the comment you left on Ann's blog about the difference in photographic style, my shots would be all buckles and spokes ...
ReplyDeleteI love all your picture stories. It makes me feel like I have visited your fine country. Thank you from sunny California, USA
ReplyDeleteOnly 30 miles east of Tulsa is a small Amish community. It is not uncommon to see horse drawn buggys and wagons in that area.
ReplyDeleteJulie, I took a few spokes, no buckles but the light and that filmy grass blown in by the wind won me over.
ReplyDeleteLisa, glad you are enjoying the blog. I have a wonderful long trip inland coming up after this.
Bill, we don't have Armish communities here and rarely see horse drawn vehicles but we actually came across two travelling together on our current trip ... it was quite a shock coming over a hill at highway speed and finding slow moving horse buggys on the road. Thank goodness the brakes work.
and you certainly took advantage of
ReplyDeletethem! i love the light filtering in from
the sidedoor. just lovely.
coming from a ranching, cowboy clan,
i also enjoyed all the bridles, etc.
my 22 yr. old son recently told me that
anyone can be a photographer now that
photoshop is available. i patted him on
the head and said, "honey, you really
shouldn't express opinions about things
which you know so little."
i thought of you and julie, who are such
exquisite photographers. photoshop
can not "see" the subject, find the shot,
and grab the light. (i also know very
little about the subject. better stop.)
light, etc.
oh, i just read the tulsa gentleman's
comment about our well loved amish
community! we probably know each
other. :)
Lea, today's cameras and digital editing software certainly help us all to be photographers. But you are so right the difference is in the seeing, the light and getting the balance of all the things that make a photograph just right.
ReplyDeleteI was as a photographic exhibition recently and saw a quote from a news photographer which said "Now everyone is a photographer we just have to be better"
How interesting! I hope someone take good care of these.
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