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29-OCT-2012 Karen Stuebing

Leaf in Snow

West Virginia

Submitted for the October PAD, “Haiku.”

Other poets can be seen here.

Each step on the way
Carefully chosen for fear
Of losing something

Graflex Crown Graphic Pacemaker,Graphex Optar 135mm, f 4.7,Fujifilm FP 100B
f16 1/200 iso400 full exif

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godro30-Oct-2012 22:44
Nice black and white bravo!!!
Cindi Smith30-Oct-2012 20:59
Perfect in B&W!
Tom LeRoy30-Oct-2012 14:48
Looks like Sandy dropped some snow for you, excellent composition, Haiku is wonderful. V
Colin Storey30-Oct-2012 13:57
Very well composed and taken image, a classic done very well. v
globalgadabout30-Oct-2012 13:15
that fallen branch does seem forlorn stranded in the cold...potent image..V
danad30-Oct-2012 10:54
A beautiful winter image. V.
borisalex30-Oct-2012 05:36
As a stranger I arrived,
As a stranger again I leave.
May was kind to me
With many bunches of flowers.
The girl spoke of love,
Her mother even of marriage, -
Now the world is bleak,
The path covered by snow.

Winter journey, Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)

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Bryan Murahashi30-Oct-2012 04:06
Looks like Winter is early for your part of the world. Beautifully captured. V
wernere0130-Oct-2012 03:39
Wonderful shot, but exactly the kind of beauty I only like on pictures...brrrr BV
Janice Dunn30-Oct-2012 03:09
Very, very cold - roll on summer...
Simon Chandler30-Oct-2012 01:50
Artistic composition. Very appealing. v
LynnH30-Oct-2012 01:13
Perfect simplicity, seems very Japanese and perfect for Haiku! V
J S Quesada30-Oct-2012 01:12
Very beautiful image and composition. VVV
carol j. phipps29-Oct-2012 23:57
Poignant image and words. You all are getting a lot of snow, my brothers tell me. Be safe and blessed.
Frank Brault29-Oct-2012 23:49
We have a lot of wind and rain. Heard on the news that West Virginia is getting snow - at about 2 inches an hour. They said accumulations could be up to 2 feet! Hope you are not snowed in. You are making the most of it with this beautiful, elegant and superbly composed image! V
Walter Otto Koenig29-Oct-2012 23:38
Wow, snow already? A finely composed image with these tones. "V"
Guest 29-Oct-2012 23:12
Simple yet very effective composition... very nicely done indeed
Carl H. Johnson29-Oct-2012 23:06
You can keep that white stuff.........I'm not ready for it :-)
Jean Chiasson29-Oct-2012 22:53
Beautiful image and tones Karen vote
Terry Sprague29-Oct-2012 22:11
Elegant! In tracking Sandy on my home front I picked up forecasts of snow in the mountains of WV with hoping you'd capture it! VV
Guest 29-Oct-2012 21:34
What a nice image Karen, so simple and so beautiful!!!! I'll be waiting for your next snow photos!!!! V
larose forest photos29-Oct-2012 21:30
Can't believe you have snow! But at least you got a lovely image for a thoughtful haiku. V
John King29-Oct-2012 21:24
A very elegant composition with perfect tones. V.
Carmen29-Oct-2012 21:07
Snow way! Not ready for the white stuff yet...think we're due in a couple of days for it here. Love how it looks like the leaf just dragged itself into the frame before giving up. Probably just a footprint, but the other popped into my head when I saw it.
Helen Betts29-Oct-2012 20:53
I find this quite a poignant image, elegant in its simplicity. I can't believe you have a snow accumulation already! V.
Guest 29-Oct-2012 20:45
Excellent! V.
Peggy W29-Oct-2012 20:42
Beautiful shot of a not so beautiful subject~ brrr.
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