Beautiful quote for a beautiful photo, but as you say difficult to achieve. Practice that is what we need. a very peaceful photo. You seem to have a very peaceful garden.
Definitely a difficult thing to do, in fact how often do we actually concentrate the mind on the present moment without it darting off somewhere else! I'm definitely going to make more effort to try! Super shot I like that it's not quite b&w.
This is so beautifully composed, Ian. I love the contrast of the light statue against the dark stones and the drops of water add that extra something to this shot. The quote is like the cherry on top- great job! Fav
@onewing thank you Babs, it is indeed particularly difficult to achieve, but I think we'd all benefit from being able to manage it at least now and again :) The garden is a new creation this year, I'm trying to transform a courtyard area into a kind of modern zen / Japanese space as I find the concepts of these gardens to be beautiful and calming. It's not quite there yet, just like a photo sometimes, when the image you had in your head doesn't quite match the one in the camera.
@paulaw very rarely any of us really manage it, although perhaps sometimes through photography and looking for pictures we inadvertently do so. I liked the not quite b&w version too, I tried the traditional b&w but I preferred the blue tones that were left in this one.
@tillycarter Thank you Krista for your comment, really nice :) That's much appreciated and thank you too for the fav. I have actually made this my iPad background wallpaper today, it works really well and is a nice calming reminder whenever I open my iPad :)
@manasharma thanks Mana @allisonraposa thanks Allison @adventuringowls Thanks Mae, it's becoming virtually another room of my house with the nice weather we've had recently, up until yesterday and today at least when the heavens have opened! I actually took this shot leaning out of the door with a zoom lens! :)
@allisonraposa thanks Allison
@adventuringowls Thanks Mae, it's becoming virtually another room of my house with the nice weather we've had recently, up until yesterday and today at least when the heavens have opened! I actually took this shot leaning out of the door with a zoom lens! :)