The Garden in Winter by durleybeachbum
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Today's challenge for Flickr is Bookcase/Bookshelf, and I found it very much trickier than I thought to make an interesting image.
I have hundreds of books which are mainly arranged by subject and size, so the choices are manifold
And of course its all flash indoors at the moment, which I HATE!
You can see what I posted, interesting only for the titles I think, Here
Comments (13)
Arrogathor
Excellent.
sossy
the title is perfect and the capture and idea fantastic! I love books! ;o)
Meisiekind
Happy gardening... I mean reading. You can always come visit me for our summer and get your hands dirty here! :)
Juliette.Gribnau
tell me what you read and I tell you who you are !
Glendaw
NO wonder you flower garden is soooooo beautiful.
You have a huge variety of books and ideas lined up here.
Both pics. are very interesting, thanks for sharing !
anahata.c
Ditto Glendaw (Glenda?) One can see where you get your knowledge of gardening, etc; and how you developed such a beautiful garden. And this, I assume, is just a piece of your gardening library. The color version (flickr) has a whole other rhythm, and I like it; but this one feels like the well-read, worn library of someone who really uses their books. The slant does it, and the harsh light (bringing out the age and rips of the books). A street shot of books! And man, do you know stuff. I have a few plant books, but they're strictly for 'models' (for drawing or painting plants) (before the web, that's all we had for anything that wasn't in our environment). In zoom, a sprawling shot of one's personal library...and that harsh light makes these books' character come out all the more...
CavalierLady
oo00oo....love reading the titles in your library, Andrea! No wonder you are such a good gardener... you not only work at it, but you work to learn all you can about it. Very interesting image. :)
MrsRatbag
I am so easily seduced by a shelf of books...a whole room or shop has my attention unending! This is wonderful!
wysiwig
Mark stole part of my thunder. I like this image because of the implied sense of use and slight messiness. "The Victorian Gardener" completes the impression. The flickr image is much neater and regimented. Your title made me think of "The Lion in Winter" which is, in part, about decline. Your title made me think of a garden in its last days.
kgb224
Wonderful capture Andrea. God bless.
jendellas
You could write a gardening book. Like the photo.
auntietk
I would never guess that you were an Argentinian coal miner, or a submarine commander, from looking at your library! British gardener and artist, I'd say. Now I must look at my bookshelf to see what it gives away about me. :P
moochagoo
I love those books pictures too :)