BLACK HILLS of Echo Valley by odie
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Description
#5 of my vacation photos.
The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range sometimes described as an "island of trees in a sea of grass". The forest is made up mostly of ponderosa pines which give the "hills" their black color from a distance. (Wikipedia)
This is a shot of the pine trees just outside of our campground early one morning. We were camping just outside of Custer, South Dakota.
Thanks so much for viewing and commenting on my previous upload.
Jodie
Jodie
Comments (21)
BenTheArtist
What a beautiful place, I love the light in the grass. Great shot!
lizzibell
Beautiful place...
starfire777
Excellent forest scene!!!
mrestey
A beautiful shot! I LOVE poderosa pines. One of my favorite trees. Thanks for sharing.
goodoleboy
Another magnificent shot from my home state. Stellar silhouetting style effects in this one, Jodie, which also adds to the blackness of the trees, but someone has got to cut that grass!
anahata.c
it's so nice to see photos like this, because there's a quiet harmony between the elements & because the light interacts so softly. It's why your photographs repay longer viewing, they reveal their inner secrets with time. The light, as in your Minnesota shots, feels breathed-on & gentle; and its intensification at the edge of the grass is beautiful. You get that in some of your shots, "pools" of light somewhere in the center, which often point to a greater source beyond the picture...Your sky & land are (I assume intuitively) divided in equal halves; and the sky itself is divided by blue & white—either cloud & sky or mountains & sky. And the trees' 'play', their vertical dance, is very gentle. A very delicate shot of a very sacred land. (To the Lakota, this was the place where White Buffalo Calf Woman arrived, the great goddess of the Pipe & its ceremonies. She was said to appear & teach there; and her sighting was retold for generations. I'd think her ancestors would find this image beautiful.) Delicate, fine & loving piece of work. (You probably know this, but the most revered site for the pipe stone is in Minnesota. Only Native Americans are allowed to take the stone from the ground. The scientific name is Catlinite. The stone is beautiful when seen in the pipe, which is itself an object of beauty. The ceremony, in legend, originates in the Black Hills...)
timtripp
GORGEOUS!
Mondwin
Fabulous and magical place....bravissima!::DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
busi2ness
It's a superb atmosphere in the forest well captured Jodie. It seems like a very historical range of mountains.
kgb224
Wonderful capture Jodie.
PD154
OH!!, This is beautiful Jodes, the lighting is exquisite, thanks for the fave on Catch the wind :)
MrsRatbag
Beautiful light and shadows, a classic shot!
durleybeachbum
What a lovely place!
elfin14doaks
Very beautiful shot, Nice capture. Love the lighting, great eye.
delaorden_ojeda
Hi Jodie ! Beautiful place , love the light and composition , hope you are having a nice holiday , many thanks for your comments , nice to see you !
fredster66
Forest scenes for me are tough... you caught this so well!
Katraz
nice shot.
JeffersonAF
Very beautiful.
E.Houser
Beautifully composed shot! Majestic scene.
tennesseecowgirl
Lovely ~
neoexcello
What a great road trip you got to take. I had a few of those in earlier years, and they were the best moments of my life. This is an absolutely perfect shot of a little meadow in the woods. The depth of field you achieved is masterful.