Rural Romance
RocketMan
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This is from a series of photos that I have been working on for a while that I decided to call Images on Words, even though the photos more often inspire the words somehow "Words on Images" just didn't sem to flow as well and they both (hopefully) convey the same idea.
This photo was taken while on a ride throuh some nice back country roads near where I live in northern Va. When I passed this scene it really grabed me and even though it was a pretty narrow road I just had to stop and shoot it. By the time I got home the poem was already mostly complete in my mind it was just a matter of commiting it to paper ( well word document, anyway:D .)
and the poem
Rural Romance
Silent friends together,
looking so forlorn.
Hiding in the grasses,
their builders now un-born.
Two silent friends together
sharing memories.
In quiet contemplation,
amongst the swaying trees.
Never to be rescued,
nor used by man again;
They serve a difference purpose now,
for Sparrows, Mice and Wren.
I stopped to ponder how it was,
that thus they came to be.
Abandoned and forgotten,
in a green and grassy sea.
I stood there long and strained to hear,
Their tales from years long gone.
But all I heard was wind and sun;
So I once more traveled on.
Copyright © 2006 Jeffry L’H. Tank
Any thoughs on how I could improve the photo? I am planning on trying it again in morning or even light, but is there any thing else?
RM
This photo was taken while on a ride throuh some nice back country roads near where I live in northern Va. When I passed this scene it really grabed me and even though it was a pretty narrow road I just had to stop and shoot it. By the time I got home the poem was already mostly complete in my mind it was just a matter of commiting it to paper ( well word document, anyway:D .)
and the poem
Rural Romance
Silent friends together,
looking so forlorn.
Hiding in the grasses,
their builders now un-born.
Two silent friends together
sharing memories.
In quiet contemplation,
amongst the swaying trees.
Never to be rescued,
nor used by man again;
They serve a difference purpose now,
for Sparrows, Mice and Wren.
I stopped to ponder how it was,
that thus they came to be.
Abandoned and forgotten,
in a green and grassy sea.
I stood there long and strained to hear,
Their tales from years long gone.
But all I heard was wind and sun;
So I once more traveled on.
Copyright © 2006 Jeffry L’H. Tank
Any thoughs on how I could improve the photo? I am planning on trying it again in morning or even light, but is there any thing else?
RM
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I think you should try different angles for the photo, and of course in morning / evening light. I would probably try a down low, wide-angled shot; but that is my usual style for subjects like these.