This is a grab-shot taken from my coach as we headed for Shangrila, Yunnan in December 2007. We were high up on a mountain road and the weather was balmy but chilly.The coach had slowed and I had strapped myself down illegally in a single seat right next to the entrance meant for the coach attendant. It wasn't the most comfortable seat, I can tell you; but there I was with my Nikon D200 and my Sony video-cam, alternating between the two, taking in the scenery that unfolded before me. The rest of the tour group were either asleep because it was an extremely long journey, or chatting with the curtains drawn since the sun and the UV rays were playing havoc with our skin.
I noticed the long shadows on the surface of the road and the barren trees framing the road. "It has to be an evocative shot," I told myself and fired away. The lightly-tinted windscreen gave it a welcome colour cast that enhanced the picture while the low-angle of the sun's rays added an elaborate flare to put the finishing touches to nature's brilliant work of art.
4 comments:
Nice SHOT!
Very comforting :)
I like it so much! HAHAH :)
Dear JP,
I could feel my goose bumps all gearing up for the unknown! Very eerie and haunting scene ... like "the truth is out there"!!
Superb!
INRI
My, my, my... How can I not miss this one? I love pictures like this: barren but not empty. It manifests my personality. The picure alone can be interpreted in countless ways - and some are unthinkable. Its monotony may remind some of isolation, or desolation. I, on the other hand, am reminded to be grateful of my life for what I have is, what the title given best describes, "Barren But Not Empty".
I mean how can I miss this one. Better correct myself before someone does (and you'd be the first). Heehee. :p
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