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29-JUL-2003

Fog lifts on Svir, Russia, 2003

A gradually lifting fog withholds the details of this Russian farm along the Svir River.

Canon PowerShot G5
1/400s f/4.0 at 12.7mm full exif

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Phil Douglis14-Dec-2004 23:19
Thanks, Mikel, for your poetic analysis of this image. I like your observation regarding the sky almost touching water with but a fine portion of mysterious land between them. The abstraction brought to this image by the fog does indeed echo the sounds of silence.
Guest 14-Dec-2004 22:55
Like the sky almost touching the water as in the horizon of sea. But there is this fine portion of ground that separates them. Anyway, beside this fight to touch echoteher, this image gives me a feeleng of peace and specially silence... Is this really the 'Sounds of Silence'??? ;)
Phil Douglis01-Dec-2004 22:38
Beautifully said, Clara. And once again, you have context for this picture from the title and the caption. I don't expect you to know this is Russia without such context.
Guest 01-Dec-2004 17:55
ok, you say Russian. I could not say by myself. what is of value is the misty atmosphere of the picture talking of a life not subject to time.
Phil Douglis30-Oct-2004 23:33
You are right, Nut -- this image does convey a meaning of morning, at least a foggy Russian morning. The relative size of the buildings adds perspective, as well.
nut 30-Oct-2004 16:36
Well, I know now what is the meaning of Morning. Small hut and the bigger hut behide just
look like the backup of small hut. It's good to know that we can dream in early morning of
each day. So my power will never end up.
Jill26-Apr-2004 20:03
Magical scenery. Beautiful.
Phil Douglis01-Feb-2004 16:47
I knew you would comment on this one, above all the others, Dorothy. You are an artist yourself, and are naturally drawn to painterly images. Good luck, and congratulations, on deciding the invest in the G5. You will find it a wonderful tool for expression.
Dee 01-Feb-2004 06:14
Phil,

Your photo is breathtakingly beautiful and so painterly! Thank you for your generous sharing and demonstrating how artful a tool the G5 can be. I'm ordering one tomorrow.

Dee
Wendy O26-Jan-2004 01:10
Beautiful, this almost looks like an oil painting.
Phil Douglis28-Nov-2003 01:21
Fascinating comment, Marek. I am flattered at your reference to "Apocalypse Now" -- the imagery in that film has always stayed with me, and now and then I find its influence in my own photographs. I appreciate your metaphor as well -- watching the fog lift slowly to reveal this scene was an idyllic moment, and I was stunned at how accurately the camera interpreted it. As Bailey Zimmerman puts it below, it was the moment before the sun made the world all too visible.
Guest 27-Nov-2003 22:21
This one represents the alternative ending to 'Apocalypse Now', as (if) filmed by Andrei Tarkovsky (my favourite director). It is where we came from, and where perhaps we'd like to return. This is what my heaven would be like -- a place to think and enjoy beauty for all eternity.
Phil Douglis19-Sep-2003 17:44
Bailey Z -- only an instant earlier, this farm was not there. A few moments later, the fog was gone. This picture falls in between, putting the farm right on that edge between visiblity and invisibility. Photography often involves dealing with delicate balances such as this. I love to work on the edges of things to energize my pictures, create semi-abstractions, adding a touch of mystery or tension.
Bailey Zimmerman 19-Sep-2003 04:10
Phil,
Like how you captured that few moments before the sun burn through the haze....and makes the world all too visible!!
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