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01-SEP-2010 Michael Edwards

Ploughshares

Shiloh,TN

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. — Isaiah 2:4

I noticed this wren's nest this morning for the first time. I returned this afternoon in more favorable light.

Leica M8 ,Leica Summicron 28 ASPH
1/125s f/4.0 @ 28.0mm iso160 full exif

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Jim Stiles03-Sep-2010 21:21
Best usage for a canon I've ever seen.
Lennart Waara03-Sep-2010 17:42
Nice light management and lovely motive Michael!
Pat Nighswander 03-Sep-2010 03:40
What a great place for a birds... nest... nice light agian...
Rudi 03-Sep-2010 03:34
Perfect. Period.
Frank Kavanagh Photography02-Sep-2010 17:03
A wonderful shot Michael, love the soft light.
Michael Edwards02-Sep-2010 16:36
You are so right, Cindi.
Isaiah was foretell the Second Coming here...
Cindi Smith02-Sep-2010 15:38
What a great find and capture. Love your Bible verse too. Is perfect for the image. Can't wait for the day when there is no more war.
Pete Hemington02-Sep-2010 14:20
Nice is see an isolated gun used for peaceful occupation, but the world in general is sadly a long way from the fulfillment of Isaiah's vision.
Cindy Flood02-Sep-2010 12:35
The light that you chose is so wonderful. It makes the colors so rich. I love the combination of the turquoise barrel, gold wheel and rusty parts with the green background. It was clever of the bird to re-purpose the gun and so poignant.,,, life springing out of a weapon of destruction. Your quote from the Bible was perfect.
Guest 02-Sep-2010 12:29
A mos intriguing image and quote. Love the bird nest!
Steve Mockford02-Sep-2010 09:41
Terrific image to accompany that quote Michael.
Terry 02-Sep-2010 06:16
Beautiful, Michael, both the words and image. And how symbolic it is that
a wren made its nest in the barrel.
Michael Edwards02-Sep-2010 03:23
Hal:
Thank you very much for the kind words.
I noticed the nest, but must have driven or walked past 100 times this year. I alway think about names for shots I like when the shutter fires. This time, though the quiet solitude at the Battlefield, I heard the phrase "They will beat their swords into ploughshares...".
I think I had help with the title, so I can't take credit...
hal 02-Sep-2010 02:57
This is incredibly poignant, Michael, made more so by your explanation and your quotation
from the bible.
A real world-beater !!