When the trees are bare and the weather is cold and dull, November is the bleakest of months. Sometimes, it snows by month's end, and can be a very welcome bright lift. Mind you, we will then moan and groan about snow for months on end.
However, as I write this on the 18th, it hasn't been like that often this year and certainly not yesterday, the 19th. Mind you we do appreciate this nicer-than-usual November, but it was messing with my desired bleakness theme. However, when Monday was more overcast than it has been, I decided to make some photos that would explore the bleak motif. Even though the temperature was still rather pleasant, at least it wasn't very sunny, so I gave it a try.Off to the trail went we, and here are my shots, converted to mono in order to eliminate any remaining colour.
Beyond the bend in those ↑ photos I waded off the trail onto a little path beyond the bramble. My outfit really stands out, but I am trusting that the overall bleakness is evident.
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| photo by Sue, editing by AC |
I did some more editing, taking the first photo up there at the top, cropping it a bit, and making it rain.
How melancholy! Come to Hawaii, where there is abundant color.
ReplyDeleteBut you won’t know the joy of the first flowers of spring after a one winter. 🤓
DeleteYour photos are a great representation of the month of November. So lonely, ominous and desolate. Love the one where you have the little dab of color in it.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I like how that one turned out — better than I had hoped when I decided to do that.
DeleteI don’t know what’s worse than bleak but that’s what it is here. Ugh!
ReplyDeleteIt’s back to bleak today, but it has been a pretty good month for the most part.
DeleteOne of the things about your photos is...not the bleakness, but the fantastic composition in using black and white for those leading lines on that wooden walk. I find November bleak with the overcast days and endless colorless moods. But then it can bring out your artistic talents! You made November beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSometimes necessity (or almost) is the mother of invention.
DeleteYou're messing with the weather now? One powerful guy! We have a gray day here with the hope of rain coming tonight or tomorrow. It's so needed. Dan in his volunteer fireman role went yesterday to a forest fire south of here with two others from his station. He was gone for 5 hours. Extra man/woman power was needed to fight the fire which was discovered after it had been burning for several days. They put it out.
ReplyDeleteMy mind boggles. How did just three guys manage yo put out a fire that had been burning for several days? TG they did.
DeleteAfter last night's wind, it seems pretty much a better day today. Hope so, anyway. Love your mono shots.
ReplyDeleteWe hada sunshine yesterday! I was so pleased.
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