Out the Door L
Perspective
Posted by Lorraine (Gatineau, Canada) on 12 January 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual.
Sometimes, you need to back away, to get a new perspective. To understand differently, because understanding better is no longer cutting it. Knowing where to look is irrelevant, knowing how to look, well in the end it makes no difference if you're blind.
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Great sentiment you have voiced. Have a great day, Lorraine.
12 Jan 2008 8:45am
@Michael Skorulski: I appreciate that Michael, thanks a lot )
@badala: Thanks Badala :)
@Pedram: Thanks for the visit Pedram, i appreciate it :)
Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan
What are we looking at here Lorraine? Looks icy in the background...
12 Jan 2008 12:41pm
@Daroru: Hi Daroru, you're looking from inside a ship ;) ...different perspective lol
@Helma: Thank you for the visit Helma and the comment, I appreciate it :)
Ondro from Brezno, Slovakia
yes it is strange :) but very interesting :) original pic :)
12 Jan 2008 12:57pm
@Ondro: Thanks so much Ondro, like I just revealed to Daroru it's from inside a ship ;)
Dean Francis from Midwest, United States
I like the noisy foreground, but the clearer porthole shot rings through. Different in a good way. Keep up the unusual shots, sometimes you hit a homerun!
12 Jan 2008 1:11pm
@Dean Francis: Wow, your comment hit me in the heart, what every photographer wants to hear, thanks a lot :)
[terrorkitten] from Bath, United Kingdom
Yes you are right Lorraine...taking a fresh look at ourselves is very useful..re-trace those steps...see where we went left instead or right. Never to late. Loving the scans
12 Jan 2008 1:43pm
@[terrorkitten]: Hey Phil, I'm glad you do, and very pleased that you read the few lines I wrote:)
@laughingwolf: Thanks a lot Wolf :)
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
i love what u wrote and the picture today,is it waves?Did i tell you before that you really have a writer in you? I am so wowed by what u said.
12 Jan 2008 3:17pm
@tyan: Thanks so much Tyan, yes those are ocean waves seen from a ship, thank you for the wonderful compliment :)
Janice Thomson from Courtenay BC, Canada
As always mon amie your words hit home - and a unique and perfect shot to go with those words. 'Tyan' is so right - you really do have the writer in you.
12 Jan 2008 3:33pm
@Janice Thomson: Dear Janice, It's rare but I don't know what to say, except thank you...always :)
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
Never a more suitable caption to this shot than what you wrote! Very challenging!
Gabriela
12 Jan 2008 3:44pm
@Japanalia: I appreciate that very much Gabriela, thanks :)
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
babe i am so honoured,i think i am speaking with a great writer and poet in the making,no you already are.Went to your blog,gosh,you've got to PUBLISH your stuff somehow!People just dont know what they are missing.
12 Jan 2008 3:49pm
@tyan: Oh sweet Tyan you don't know how much that means to me :)
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
Interesting thoughts and a cool pic to go with 'em. Just "look closer" as somebody has said, because blindness can happen even for the fully sighted if they don't do just that (look closer, I mean)...
12 Jan 2008 4:19pm
@Viewfinder: Thanks Vf, the blindness I referred to was not a physical one, so you got the essential of it :)
mj from United States
i really love the shot the more I stare at it the more it defines where I am right now and the view lets me know where I want to be. Wonder ful comp
12 Jan 2008 5:31pm
@mj: Wow I enjoyed reading your comment, that is nicely said mj, thanks a lot :)
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
There are a lot of contrasts here! Well done!
12 Jan 2008 5:56pm
@Craiger: Thanks a lot Craiger :)
Paulski from Muncie, United States
very nice capture here; love the blurrines of the foreground...
12 Jan 2008 7:15pm
@Paulski: I appreciate that Paulski, thanks a lot :)
Hans from Heiligeneich, Austria
a little bit light and a small view to life outside a destroid room...great eye and good idea
now its weekend and i stopt work, so i put pics on my side at tomorrow, by and good night
12 Jan 2008 10:00pm
@Hans: Hey Hans, it's a bit different, so I'm glad you like it, thanks a lot and I'll be visiting soon :)
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Absolutely outstanding image. Like Craiger says, the contrasts here, nothing less than first-class. The centre actually does remind me a lot of an eye!! Truly powerful image. And, yet again, I love your text. And tyan is absolutely right. I wholeheartedly support her proposal that you should PUBLISH, dear lady. You really really should. I’m so glad tyan included the link to your blog here. I’ve missed visiting for several days now, and couldn’t resist clicking on it again here. I especially like what you wrote today : “We want, we get… still, it was meant to be never enough.” That speaks volumes to me, so apt and so true. I want to put that up on my wall.
12 Jan 2008 11:13pm
@Rebecca: Thanks so much Rebecca...you and Tyan make me blush, I appreciate your kindness very much :)
Guillermina from Buenos Aires, Argentina
As I've already said, you are a woman of letters. A very perceptive, farsighted woman of letters.
12 Jan 2008 11:45pm
@Guillermina: I appreciate that Guillermina, more than you'll ever know :)
Laurent from Lyon, France
Une très belle photo avec beaucoup de "personnalité".
Tu as su briser toutes les règles pour faire un... chef d'œuvre.
Félicitation
13 Jan 2008 11:40am
@Laurent: Wow, quel beau compliment Laurent, tu es bien chouette :)
Barbara from Florida, United States
I like the concept. The shot and caption is exceptional. It appears (to me) you may have taken that extra step (on a vessel) to get such a wonderful shot. It tells me you are creative and unique. That (to me) is what it takes for being creative. Nice work Lorraine.
16 Jan 2008 2:36pm
@Barbara: Lovely, lovely comment, thanks so much Barbara :)
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
I agree but the last sentence I don't understand quite well. Why is knowing where to look irrelevant? Isn't it as relevant as knowing how to look? Funny picture BTW: a crisp little piece of sea amidst a blurred environment! You have to know where to look, namely through the round frame, isn't it?
17 Jan 2008 8:51pm
@Illuci: Hi Erik, the last sentence is a roundabout way of saying that If you don't look at things or people 'spiritually' than you're 'blind' to what really matters, so adopting a new way of looking is useless unless you look spiritually, and yes it's aboard a ship looking through the circle to the ocean :)
