When they harvest maize they leave the stalks standing. I don't remember it being like this in the past but then again I never used to look at such things very hard before I became a Sweet Wayfaring photographer. I think they make a nice photo.
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...
Haha, I now notice many more things through my camera lens than I ever did without it! Pilchard suggests I use words like 'capture', 'texture' and 'contrast' much more frequently!!
ReplyDeleteNever seen anything like that before. They're certainly photogenic in a rustic kind of way.
ReplyDeleteit is amazing what captures ones eye now.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your nice words yesterday too :)
They do indeed. Amazing how you look at things differently once a photographer.
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