Scattered Prayers  by pflaume

Scattered Prayers

I often come across these Tibetan prayer flags hanging on a fence near my walking path. Whenever I see them, I am drawn to their primary colors and touched by their symbolism. The flags are inscribed with prayers for peace, compassion, love, and happiness that Tibetans believe are scattered by the winds into the world thus blessing everyone.
Amen----great focus, tones and dof !!
April 8th, 2013  
great capture!
April 8th, 2013  
Love the POV and DOF. Great colors and beautiful symbolism. Fav!
April 8th, 2013  
@kareenking Thank you so much, Kareen. I so appreciate it!
April 8th, 2013  
What an amazing thing to see. I love the sentiment and colours.
April 8th, 2013  
Im with Kareen on this shot. Superb everything :)
April 8th, 2013  
Great colours and DOF
April 8th, 2013  
That's a beautiful thing to do. The title is beautiful too. Your photo is splendid. Fav
April 8th, 2013  
Fabulous color, pov and DOF. I love the symbolism, too. FAV.
April 8th, 2013  
What a beautiful photo! I agree with previous comments - I love the title, dof, composition and message of this image. Great find.
April 8th, 2013  
Beautiful -- I like the DoF, the colors and the focus you used.
April 8th, 2013  
Great dof and colors. Nice capture!
April 8th, 2013  
Beautiful capture! I like the tones and how you composed this! Great title.
April 8th, 2013  
What a find! Lovely colours and sDoF
April 8th, 2013  
Lovely colors & awesome focusing!
April 8th, 2013  
Gorgeous - love the colours and processing - great pov! : )
April 8th, 2013  
Beautiful image. Thank you for the description. There is a house in my neighborhood with them out front and I never knew what they were.
Love the colours and the perspective. Fav!
April 8th, 2013  
Pea
Wonderful shot Lisa, The processing and DOF are fab!
April 8th, 2013  
Wonderful shot, Lisa and interesting story.
April 8th, 2013  
Love this! Beautiful colours and composition.
April 8th, 2013  
Great find.
April 8th, 2013  
Love the color and dof and processing., they make me think of the people who summit Everest every May...which is coming up soon. These flags hang at base camp...I have read alot of books and seen the IMAX movie about Everest and so when I see the flags I think of it. Fav
April 8th, 2013  
Beautifully shot! Great dof Lisa!
April 8th, 2013  
Nicely captured. Love the story behind the shot. Fav.
April 8th, 2013  
What everybody else said - also beautifully simple and striking. Oh, and fav too. :)
April 8th, 2013  
such a beautiful story and photograph, thank you!
April 8th, 2013  
Lovely photo and words
April 8th, 2013  
Very nicely done! Fav!
April 8th, 2013  
Gorgeous colours. We have some at the back of the house. They are supposed to be allowed to decay but twenty years on, they are still going strong!
April 8th, 2013  
Love everything about this Lisa. A fav for me.
April 8th, 2013  
very cool shot! love the dof!!
April 8th, 2013  
Oh, something moving about this image...immediately a Fav for me
April 8th, 2013  
This evoked an emotional reaction from me even before I read your narrative. Nicely done!
April 8th, 2013  
very cool shot. love all the colouring & your use of soft backing
April 8th, 2013  
Interesting story, don't recall ever seeing them. Great colours and nice use of DoF.
April 8th, 2013  
what a beautiful tradition and you've capture it so nicely in this image.
April 8th, 2013  
Beautiful capture and beautiful sentiments. Thanks for showing us these Lisa.
April 8th, 2013  
Jo
How lovely, I wonder who put them there? A super shot.
April 8th, 2013  
Caz
beautiful capture, and such a lovely tradition
April 8th, 2013  
great find! love seeing those flags!
April 8th, 2013  
An unexpected sight in Idaho! I like the color and the diminishing sharpness.
April 8th, 2013  
Lovely colours - and such an interesting subject.
April 8th, 2013  
Amy
Amazing capture!
April 8th, 2013  
Lovely capture.
April 9th, 2013  
Stunning Lisa. Love the colours and dof.
April 9th, 2013  
The colors and lines make this a truly amazing shot. The story with it is great as well!
April 9th, 2013  
Visually impressive. Like the focal usage and DOF with the interesting colors. Nice!
April 9th, 2013  
This is really beautiful. The composition and POV, the tones and DOF, all are wonderful! Love this!
April 9th, 2013  
Wonderful shot!
April 9th, 2013  
What terrific dreamy focusing and processing, it really hints at the spiritual purpose of the flags!
April 9th, 2013  
Amy
Gorgeous capture.
April 9th, 2013  
Congrats on PP! :)
April 10th, 2013  
@aoao5 Thank you! That's such a nice surprise! I didn't know it was there. :)
April 10th, 2013  
Fav!! Love this.. ps I'm in Idaho too!
April 10th, 2013  
@meagang Thank you for your comment and fav, Meagan. How fun to meet someone else in Idaho! I read that your husband is in the military. Are you in Mountain Home? Heading over to your album now...
April 10th, 2013  
Love this! fav
April 10th, 2013  
wow this is amazing!
April 10th, 2013  
Nicely captured- I like the soft feeling of it.
April 10th, 2013  
@pflaume No we aren't, we're in the reserves we live in Cda.. how about yourself? Thanks for looking at my album as well!
April 10th, 2013  
Stunning Lisa!
April 10th, 2013  
Beautiful shot!
April 10th, 2013  
@meagang Cda is so pretty. Lucky you! I am in Boise. Pretty in its own way, too, I guess. :)
April 10th, 2013  
Beautiful - love the angle and soft tones. What a lovely tradition.
April 10th, 2013  
Love it
April 11th, 2013  
Wow, great pov and info! Great photo!
April 11th, 2013  
very beautiful subject and cleverly taken shot - how come they are in your neighbourhood? do you know?

April 11th, 2013  
This is so very beautiful. A lovely tenderness you have captured.
April 12th, 2013  
oh how on earth did i miss this! just love the colors and toning! fav!
April 12th, 2013  
@gozoinklings Thank you, Catherine! The flags hang on the fence of a home in my neighborhood. I have never met the owner so don't know why they are there. I assume they are either Buddhist or just like the meaning behind the flags. I have tried to photograph them a few times before but could never do them justice until now. 100 days in and I'm learning!
April 12th, 2013  
Gorgeous capture.
April 15th, 2013  
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