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The Oaks of St Joseph
© regmar
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Uploaded: 05/03/05 7:22 PM GMT
The Oaks of St Joseph
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In the 1850's this row of oak trees was planted by slaves - people who belonged to other people. From that inauspicious beginning sprang a tradition at this house on the Mississippi river, a tradition of planting oak trees. These trees remember a sky with no airplanes and air with no chloroflourocarbons. They remember a time when the ships that passed on the river just beyond the levee here did not have engines, a time when this river marked the western cultural boundary of a young nation. I visit them every year, and I bring a watch that belonged to my great-great grandmother who was born across the river from this spot at almost the same time these trees were planted. I hold that watch and I touch these trees and I know I am home.
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::Morwyn
05/03/05 7:38 PM GMT
I understand.. How wonderful you have that..
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Man, I love this tree and love your background info too...a wonderful story and I too, understand what you mean, what words cannot express, what only the heart knows...very nicely composed and presented, Regmar.:Pat.
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I really appreciate this background story to this beautiful image. Top marks, Regmar !
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g'day Reg,
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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain
Well presented both in composition and description.
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When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance...
Leanne Womack
I keep going back to this image. Is that the levee you mention in the background?
I wonder what this would look like without the defined transition from border to image. I'm thinking that a fade top and bottom from black to image might be interesting. Just my suggestion, of course.
I wonder what this would look like without the defined transition from border to image. I'm thinking that a fade top and bottom from black to image might be interesting. Just my suggestion, of course.
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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
- Groucho Marx
Stunning simplicity. Wonderful description. Thanks. Cheers Al.
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Beautiful shot that is enhanced wonderfully by the desciption. Nice work and story.
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...rob...
flight of imagination
that's a touching background story.. i think the image is beautiful, but after reading the description, it became even more wonderful.. i dare to say: perfect. thank you for telling us the story.. those slaves hadn't had their freedom, but that oak tree has grown free through the centuries and compensated the most priceless thing - freedom..
and for the image... i like the lightning in this one very much, sun rays make an interesting shades in the grass; nice contrasts as well and good work on the details (bark of the tree, leaves..), but i like the shadows the most, it gives a certain mysterious spirit and increases the positive effect of the story. btw, great framing as well!
thank you for sharing this image with us! have a nice day! :)
and for the image... i like the lightning in this one very much, sun rays make an interesting shades in the grass; nice contrasts as well and good work on the details (bark of the tree, leaves..), but i like the shadows the most, it gives a certain mysterious spirit and increases the positive effect of the story. btw, great framing as well!
thank you for sharing this image with us! have a nice day! :)
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~~~ ...all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream... ~~~
This stands out and is a great image.I was looking at on my desktop and then read the comment from phydeaux.I was thinking exactly the same thing as he mentioned.Beautiful as is anyway.
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The way you've cropped it gives a tremendous strength to these oaks and I love the way the light streams through from the left. Looks like the retreat brought you back to where you needed to be and thanks to this image we can share in that serenity.
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We make a living by what we get; but we make a life by what we give.
You are a great story teller in both "pen" (keyboard?) and camera.. Very nice.
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A beautiful image and a true vision of peace and harmony.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein
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The composition of this one from those solid trunks to the graceful sweep of the branches is quite unique to my eyes. I think the intro is almost as good as the photo.
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There are three colours, Ten digits and seven notes, its what we do with them that’s important.
Ruth Ross
I give this a 10 for originality, appropriateness and courage and for the very striking result. The framing of the shot is very unorthodox and exactly what it should be. Kudos for having the vision to see the treatment this subject needed and to follow through completely. Great result.
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Oh the feeling. I well understand. I lived in Louisiana for 14 years and the oaks were magical for sure! All the "old" homes in South Louisiana have such wonderment about them with these gorgeous trees. We lost a lot of them around us one day when a bad tornado literally uprooted them...I appreciate your feelings...trees are wonderful anyway! And the story you told is grand...yes, I would also love to see a whole frame filled with this or any of the other shots you might have taken of the oaks..but this is an awesomephoto....thank you for posting it and the take behind it. Love the watch part..!!
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Simplicity is Elegance...Thoreau
A photo that produces an array of emotions...well done!
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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.---Song of Solomon 8:7
one of those rare occasions when I feel that letterbox framing has accectuated the already powerful framing (of the brances) composition sympathetically
very nicely done
and thanks for sharing your emotional roots for taking and crafting the photo, with us :)
very nicely done
and thanks for sharing your emotional roots for taking and crafting the photo, with us :)
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Those beautiful Oak trees..Looking at this I can feel the history in those trees. They are so ancient appearing and stately. I'm always in awe of the Oak trees whenever I get to pass them.
Truely a lovely desktop-I like the way you framed this image...
Truely a lovely desktop-I like the way you framed this image...
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Ma favorite sur le site!! this is the best photo of all.....in faves of course..........Philippe
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