Capture: A Foray into Portraiture
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Lilith __, in reply to
Saint Gudrun.
Aww. She makes the daffodils bloom!
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
It is my beloved Josephine who takes the photos--she has such a great eye. Aotea Harbour is one of my favourite places in the world; a giant sand estuary which empties at low tide, overlooked by enormous sand dunes. Just a cluster of old-style seaside houses and no shops (but Kawhia is only 15 minutes away).
Just back from another great Chiefs game--8 wins in a row, this time over the Hurricanes,
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Cigars for this one Geoff.
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3410,
Forlorn Leopard Slug, 2004.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
If only Lilith. Anyway been thinking maybe Hebe, you and I meet sometime near a favorite place along the shoreline not too far from a coffee shop. [Redacted]
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Reading about petals, portrait of a Chrysanthemum in a friends garden.
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Can one have "portrait of a dog"?
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No comparison to Alex's lovely portraits, but following the Leopard Slug...
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Always and forever, the beloved Stella.
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Hebe,
A portrait of a day, not a living thing: Little River domain on Anzac Day.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Always and forever, the beloved Stella.
Ok { ;)
" Self portrait with dog"
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Well, if days and domains count...
We're in the in laws village for the May Day break. This morning while the wee one was around at a friend's place I ducked into the county town for a bit of shopping. Turned a corner onto a road rather spectacularly lined with bright yellow and soft purple flowers, then about 500 metres down - is this rural northern China or North America?!
And, considering how many villages put up cool, traditional Chinese-style gateways at the village entrances and Daying (literally 'big camp') Village has three totem poles, why is our village so content with ghastly, cheap wrought iron monstrosities?
Yes, I am experiencing village entrance envy.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
There is a connection with Chinese and Native Americans from the North. Even looking at the Native American around the North Pole and North Mongolians for instance. Trading knowledge and culture would have been possible and perhaps welcome . What a great find Chris.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Well, yes, but these are too North American looking and far too far out of context with traditional gateways at the entrances to surrounding villages. I'm picking the Daying Village leadership saw the gateways other villages were putting up and decided they wanted something a bit different and cooler. Anyway, whether this particular cultural exchange is ancient or very modern, I don't care, it's another example of the weird, random, and cool stuff you can find in the middle of 'nowhere' in rural China.
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On the other hand it might have been something from a WETA workshop.
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Irrigation day. It's done old school up here, but the dogs find that quite convenient.
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My father in law. He was up at 4:15, off to the orchard by 4:30am.
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I could hear a few of them in the more mature trees, and glimpsed some flitting around, so I went hunting, and this fine fellow happened to strike a pose. The dictionary insists it's a magpie, but it's call and behaviour are completely different from the magpies I knew back in NZ, and you can see that patch of blue on his wing.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Nice that we get to imagine more with your father in law's portrait. And that pretty bird can't be a magpie. It's too pretty and non threatening looking. { :)
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
And that pretty bird can’t be a magpie. It’s too pretty and non threatening looking. { :)
Well, exactly, it's a 喜鹊, but, here, see - still, at least that dictionary gives the option of pure romanisation as 'xique', even if it has all of zero examples.
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An old photo of my daughter, but one of my favourites
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Here is someone important to me.
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Islander, in reply to
and Nora Leggs - love the crawlie/slitheries!
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Are there any in this country? They seem to be large than life.
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3410,
love the crawlie/slitheries!
Thanks!
Are there any in this country?
In my experience they're not especially rare in either Auckland or the Shore. In winter they often try to come in the house, but being less than adept at using door handles, generally confine themselves to the porch.
They seem to be larger than life.
Camera was literally about 1cm from subject.
PS. Thanks, everyone else, for the great shots.
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