nature photography – One Street Shy

A Proud Flower, A Photograph of Nature

March 6, 2015One Street ShyLeave a comment

“Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful.
And if not the butterflies– and the caterpillars– who will call upon me? You will be far away. . . as for the large animals– I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws.”
And, navely, she showed her four thorns. Then she added:
“Don’t linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!”
For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower. . .”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

The white you see in the photo is a river of flowers flowing through the farm. Although I prefer black and white photography, photos such as this are meant to be colorful, natural, proud.

Listen, A Photograph of Nature

January 13, 2015One Street Shy2 Comments

“Though it’s fearful,
Though it’s deep, though it’s dark
And though you may lose the path,
Though you may encounter wolves,
You can’t just act,
You have to listen.
you can’t just act,
You have to think.
Though it’s dark,
There are always wolves,
There are always spells,
There are always beans,
Or a giant dwells there.
So into the woods you go again,
You have to every now and then.
Into the woods, no telling when,
Be ready for the journey.
Into the woods, but not too fast
or what you wish, you lose at last.
Into the woods, but mind the past.
Into the woods, but mind the future.
Into the woods, but not to stray,
Or tempt the wolf, or steal from the giant–
……….”
– Stephen Sondheim

Fear, A Photograph

November 28, 2014December 12, 2014One Street ShyLeave a comment

“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.” – Anaïs Nin

She, A Photograph of Nature

November 19, 2014One Street ShyLeave a comment

“Switch on the light, she said, I want to know if this is real.”
– José Saramago

Reflection, A Photograph

November 9, 2014One Street Shy2 Comments

“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
– Mary Oliver

The Problem, A Photograph

November 1, 2014November 29, 2014One Street ShyLeave a comment

“Lots of people talk to animals…Not very many listen though…that’s the problem.”
– Benjamin Hoff

Enough, A Photograph of Nature

October 2, 2014One Street Shy3 Comments

“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
– Vincent van Gogh

Me and You, A Photograph

May 30, 2014One Street ShyLeave a comment

I’d like to think this is what they said to one another:

“We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you.”
– Sylvia Plath

Impenetrable, A Photograph

May 13, 2013One Street Shy2 Comments

“A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.”
– William Wordsworth

Still Face, Photograghs

February 11, 2013February 11, 2013One Street Shy6 Comments

“For your sake, I hurry over land and water;
For your sake, I cross the desert and split the mountain in two,
And I turn my face from all things,
Until the time I reach the place
Where I am alone with you.”
– Al Hallaj

I took these photographs while visiting Joshua Tree National Park this past weekend …. A still and peaceful place