We have come full circle back to photography now (although that is mostly what I do so it is to be expected that it will outnumber all other posts here!).
Three photographs today, as I am selling
them-not just the images, but the actual mounted photo seen here. These are the first ever photographs I
mounted and displayed. In each of these,
the photographic image is around 10x12 inches (25cm x 30cm) and the mount
measures 12x16 inches (approximately 30cm x 40cm). Mount is ivory and finely textured,
professionally cut with a stiff back board to ensure photograph remains
undamaged.
The first: Tunisian Sunrise. This was taken in March 2007, at around 5am, as
the sun rose over the salt flats not far from the Sahara in Tunisia. I have to confess that sunrise is not
something I see often, in fact, I have only actually witnessed a handful times
in my life (I am just not a morning person!) but this was definitely worth
getting up to see. There was not a soul
around for as far as the eye could see and no sound could be heard, the sun
rises much faster than I expected it would!
Caught here as it reflects in the water, I think is the nicest shot I
got that morning. No editing has been done,
the picture you see is the picture I took on that day-nature at its best J
2. Majestic Cascade. One of my absolute favourite subjects to
photograph is waterfalls and I have been fortunate enough to witness the
magnificence that is Niagara Falls. I
prefer to work in black and white but getting the light right is often a
gamble! I like to think that this one
worked though. Taken from the American
side of the border, the American Falls is seen in the foreground, with
Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side off in the distance towards the upper
right of the image. A breath taking
vista with the thunderous accompaniment of the water hurtling over the edge,
this is one of my favourites of all my photos.
3. Sunset on the Nile. From daybreak in Tunisia, we come to the
setting of the sun in Egypt! Taken in
October 2007 during a short trip to Luxor, this (believe it or not) was taken
from my sun lounger by the pool! The
first body of water seen in the photo is that swimming pool, and the second-further
away so seeming narrower, is The Nile.
As the sun sets each evening, the hotel plays classical music to
accompany it-I thought it was a brilliant idea.
This hotel is on its own island in the Nile and so guests get to view
the awesome sunset every single day. You
may have noticed that I am fond of reflections!
This was the shot I preferred of all the ones I took of that
scene-mainly because of the sun being reflected in both the Nile and the pool.
Originally displayed mounted and wrapped in
cellophane, they were in a browser in a gallery in Rhyl for sale at £25 each. Now asking just £12 for each one. I have
only one of each available at this price (I have since changed the size of both
printed image and mount that I use) so it will be first come, first served to
my email. craftyshutterbug@gmail.com.
