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Green fields again
Soon we were gliding through the green fields again. As the day began to dim a storm began to brew. It was going to be much cooler by the time we got home.
The reflections in the glass were a real pest for photography, hence the lack of shots from on the train despite lots of lovely scenery.
It absolutely works, JE. I take tons of photos and only get one or two that are worth anything but I can understand your frustration. At first I thought this was a painting.
I am with the other two - it really works and gives everything a deeper and more surreal layer. I am trying to spot you in the reflection ;-) I like the colouring very much.
We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an inc...
Our last stop on this trip was to see if there was anything left of an old town once called Frying Pan which was later renamed Yetholme. I knew Yetholme to be a roadhouse on the highway near the pine forests and didn't expect to find anything but again I was wrong. There was a lovely little settlement with homes, a neat community hall and a church still in use. The perfect spot for the creatively inspired. Apparently it was a tourist town back in the early 1900s and in more recent years was bypassed by the Great Western Highway leaving it to settle into its pleasant tranquil existence, hidden from the travellers speeding by. I remembered it is Tuesday so have added a supplementary photo to participate in Taphophile Tragics this week. This is St Paul's Anglican Church in Yetholme. The burials in the church yard date from the 1873 to the present day. You can see a little more of Yetholme over at 100 Towns.
Ah but I like this reflection because it adds to the complexity of the cloud layer and reinforces that you are actually in a train carriage.
ReplyDeleteI love the horizontal layering in this photo including the shadow, the storm clouds AND the reflection.
I agree the reflection in this one works ... thus making it into the series ... but seats, oneself etc obliterating the view are quite another matter.
ReplyDeleteIt absolutely works, JE. I take tons of photos and only get one or two that are worth anything but I can understand your frustration. At first I thought this was a painting.
ReplyDeleteI am with the other two - it really works and gives everything a deeper and more surreal layer. I am trying to spot you in the reflection ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like the colouring very much.
Here the glass has added to the shot. It makes it look like a painting.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful contrasting colours!
ReplyDeletestunning area to take pictures...what a mood this one creates
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