As summer progresses and the snow melts, up high in the Alps, most melt water runs off down to the valley floors, but some remains trapped in shallow pools.
This past summer, on days when there was no busting hurry, I found considerable pleasure in drifting off the path to find pools like this one. Cloudy shallow water, rich in glacial sediment, with rocks that speckled the surface. I spent quite a few minutes here, gently pottering around the edge, searching for nature’s compositions. Enjoying the challenge and feeling totally relaxed.
We all need rewarding days like this.
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Thank you.
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Indeed we do!
That’s a beautiful setting, Andy. A perfect natural compostition.
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Thank you Dina
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Not only do I enjoy your excellent photograph (composition found!), but I resonate with the description of your experience, Andy. Glad you had that time—and told us about it.
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Thanks you Linda. From your images, that I’ve enjoyed for several years now, I am sure you are well-versed in pottering and taking your time to find images.
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Thanks, Andy. I think your “pottering” is our “puttering,” or close to it. But, yes, I sure do it, too.
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Great composition, Andy!
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Thanks Sue.
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Wonderful colour palette and yes, it is easy to lose all track of time when doing something you truly like.
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Thank you Paula. It was a mini voyage of discovery: moving slowly, observing closely, totally absorbed in the immediate surroundings.
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We do all need days like that, even when traveling – maybe especially when traveling. I enjoyed reading about it. And the photo is a beautiful study of rock and water.
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Thank you Lynn. When we travel we always have to strike a compromise between the need to fit as much in as possible and the desire to explore in detail. On this latest holiday it was the detail that was the more satisfying.
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For me, the opposite – I confess I was cramming a lot in to my trip to New York – I wish I could go more often. But I did still see plenty of details – I just didn’t spend much time with them. I’m glad I have the photographs to help me remember, and I’m glad I have yours to look at, to see new places and be inspired, too.
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Our holidays in BC, Canada and California were superb experiences. We covered a huge area and despite the hurry and the limited time it is still possible to capture detail, but I found that very sporadic. It’s so difficult to get the mix right when you are on a planned fly-drive where you never stay more than one night on a single place
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I don’t remember ever seeing water that looks precisely like this. On the one hand, I don’t find the gray cast particularly attractive, but on the other, its very neutrality and opaqueness makes it a fine setting for the rocks. The subtle variations in the rocks’ colors become more apparent.
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Pottering near water is a wonderfully meditative activity and one I enjoy very much. I love the way the stones appear to be jumping out of this very calming image.
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There is certainly something very calming about water, and thrilling too at times. The way these stones pierced the surface, like icebergs, with a very defined ‘edge’ was what I found so attractive. I’m quite sure I will be back in this area of the Alps another summer and I will look forward to exploring similar places.
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We certainly do Andy. I love this photograph and the abstract feel of it!
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Thanks Adrian – slowing down is feeling good!
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