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Related: About this forumCOMMENT THREAD for the June photo contest. Theme: WIDE OPEN SPACES
Comment on the photos being submitted here.
mnhtnbb
(31,389 posts)With a photo taken in 2009 when we were in Peru. And I was inspired to go back to it by the Dixie Chicks song titled
"Wide Open Spaces"
Here are the lyrics:
"Wide Open Spaces"
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
Who's never left home, who's never struck out
To find a dream and a life of their own
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone
Many precede and many will follow
A young girl's dream no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out west
But what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed
[Chorus:]
She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes
She traveled this road as a child
Wide eyed and grinning, she never tired
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test
[Repeat Chorus]
She knows the high stakes
As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!"
Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm leaving my girl"
She said, "It didn't seem like that long ago"
When she stood there and let her own folks know
[Repeat Chorus]
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
And the song:
Mira
(22,380 posts)Beautiful photo of a huge and wide open space. Seeing it is dying a little death, isn't it?
I was 28 when I was there and tried to climb Huayna Picchu and got too scared at some of the mountain hugging narrow paths. I had to turn back. But I did walk down from Machu Picchu itself, disregarding that it was the jungle, because going down on the switchback serpentine road on a bus filled with folks holding on to farm animals was not my speed either.
I've grown up a bit since.
Thanks for this wonderful depiction.
mnhtnbb
(31,389 posts)It was really, really hot the day we were there in November (late spring for them). Hubby went back after lunch for more
exploration, photos, but I had to quit and go back to the hotel--via our private bus so at least I didn't have to sit
with the farm animals!
alfredo
(60,074 posts)We need 28 more entries!
mnhtnbb
(31,389 posts)because I'd win by default!
alfredo
(60,074 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,389 posts)but I'm surprised there aren't more entries so far.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)me, headed to the park.
mnhtnbb
(31,389 posts)Love this shot!
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)On a recent ADK summit...
Algonquin alpine zone @ 5,115' -second highest peak in New York.
Enjoy!
Mira
(22,380 posts)Just like the wide open spaces they depict. I'm really liking this theme!!!
rdking647
(5,113 posts)went with a shot from my last trip to alaska (2003). its from the aleutians. almost used a shot of the moon since its about as wipe open as they come
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)Pleasure to see!!
Whoa_Nelly
(21,236 posts)Absolutely stunning!
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)I had to all but lie in the street for this one, and had begged the folks I was with to stop for YET ANOTHER photo.
A wonderful memory.
Whoa_Nelly
(21,236 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:33 PM - Edit history (1)
I think it's the same range from this one that I took in 1972 (I used to use only slide film, so this is a reprint from that to a CD)
Mira
(22,380 posts)though there are so many variants. Every day, when you are out West, is new and different and dazzling.
Wonderful photograph!
Yours, too! And, yes, I can see that same mesa from mine in your photo!
I have not traveled that road since 1972. So good to see it again!
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)CrispyQ
(36,468 posts)I think that Dyedinthewoolliberal's "Wyoming Morning" is so similar to my "November Morn on Doudy Draw," it's eerie. Different mountain, same day.
elleng
(130,908 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)CrispyQ
(36,468 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)Mz Pip
(27,445 posts)We spent about 6 hours on Antelope Island last Sept. It was HOT!! In the high 90s at time and it was very windy. This is another shot from the same day. That's not mist, it's dust! Even so, it was a spectacular place.
Mira
(22,380 posts)Oh for that lonely tree out there...
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)RichardD - that is a beautifully done black and white photo. It has great tonal range and depth of field. Well done.
Richard D
(8,754 posts)I love black and white. For me ir captures the feeling of the space sometimes better than color, which seems to capture more of the visual beauty.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)I love black and white and miss the darkroom.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I can try to change it if necessary.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)I hope you don't mind.