tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post3370195677790067488..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: On a Red-Tailed Hawk, Winter Gardens, and PhotosBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53041497365997131702010-02-08T00:54:47.425-06:002010-02-08T00:54:47.425-06:00Hi Benjamin, this is such a great post. I am fasci...Hi Benjamin, this is such a great post. I am fascinated with how you deeply appreciate and even connect with what is around you. For me,I don't think there is ownership on the objects or events we value, nothing is ours here. We only share with others. That's probably the underside value of taking photographs, like seizing the moment or experience so we can share with others which makes Grasshopperhttp://www.gardenersreach.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-608765387262661272010-02-08T00:54:46.449-06:002010-02-08T00:54:46.449-06:00Hi Benjamin, this is such a great post. I am fasci...Hi Benjamin, this is such a great post. I am fascinated with how you deeply appreciate and even connect with what is around you. For me,I don't think there is ownership on the objects or events we value, nothing is ours here. We only share with others. That's probably the underside value of taking photographs, like seizing the moment or experience so we can share with others which makes Grasshopperhttp://www.gardenersreach.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-82931373973228053582010-02-06T09:11:06.727-06:002010-02-06T09:11:06.727-06:00Easily I agree but I dream the post should prepare...Easily I agree but I dream the post should prepare more info then it has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-62456223977526053882010-02-01T18:26:37.766-06:002010-02-01T18:26:37.766-06:00Anon--What a wonderful little story, except for th...Anon--What a wonderful little story, except for their being homeless, and what happened at 5:30. It amazes me how such a small thing inteh natural world lingers in us, and perhaps it does precisely because we an attache meaning to it, make metaphorical. I'd trade anything to be a hawk for a day, but I wouldn't trade everything not to be human and to feel pain and joy at once. Robert Bly Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53602765513209136722010-02-01T17:14:31.600-06:002010-02-01T17:14:31.600-06:00Twelve years ago March I stood in my kitchen on a ...Twelve years ago March I stood in my kitchen on a Thursday morning trying to come up with a good reason to call in sick. Instead, I finally headed out for a chilly morning walk to work. I lived in Atlanta then, and would pass from the traffic into Piedmont Park. As I passed through, I watched the homeless get out of their covers, stretch, the steam coming off their bodies, then snuggle back into Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-45610788776022954882010-02-01T13:43:23.901-06:002010-02-01T13:43:23.901-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-87737179155994499822010-01-31T22:35:00.599-06:002010-01-31T22:35:00.599-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-66430835354144637812010-01-31T15:24:33.777-06:002010-01-31T15:24:33.777-06:00JP--Toothpaste at a pharmacy--that is EXACTLY what...JP--Toothpaste at a pharmacy--that is EXACTLY what it's like. It's so easy to get caught up in and capture the emotional responses to such a new environment. Yes.<br />AB--Maybe your mind and body will never forget, but I find the older I get the more I need a trigger, and it has to be physical, sensorial. <br />Layanee--Yes, different. I still contend it's an act of ownership, doubleBenjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-65145318125246329392010-01-29T16:21:27.168-06:002010-01-29T16:21:27.168-06:00Love this blog. Gorgeous shots. I was just googlin...Love this blog. Gorgeous shots. I was just googling (why does that come up red in this day and age!) 'swallowtail'. Hope to keep visiting!JAKI MCCARRICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16959768142179487891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-75477326945332370932010-01-29T07:57:27.708-06:002010-01-29T07:57:27.708-06:00I often feel as if I should leave the camera at ho...I often feel as if I should leave the camera at home when I go on an adventure. So that I could really see and experience the place, rather than what it is seen through a view finder. Sometimes with photography your memories of a place become your memories of a photograph and not the thing. But like Susan says they are so valuable later on, especially in this age of sensory overload.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-81405874502643919742010-01-28T16:52:33.979-06:002010-01-28T16:52:33.979-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-64662592636390608462010-01-28T07:41:06.781-06:002010-01-28T07:41:06.781-06:00Nice, Benjamin.
I know what you mean about taking...Nice, Benjamin.<br /><br />I know what you mean about taking a photo of something seeming to diminish the experience a little. I've long felt that, which may explain I have so few photos from trips I've taken, or family. <br /><br />Still, it seems to diminish only in that moment. Later, much later, years later, I find old photos that I *have* taken and it all comes rushing back. So, it Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63487391342344921352010-01-28T06:23:05.542-06:002010-01-28T06:23:05.542-06:00Yes. I remember that great blue heron photo I miss...Yes. I remember that great blue heron photo I missed. It lingered in my mind, evoking mystery, a glimpse of a god in ancient times--all in all a much richer experience and more meaningful that a bare picture. Unless, of course, the photo becomes a work of art, and other mental processes come into play.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-73454462476487518122010-01-27T22:32:44.949-06:002010-01-27T22:32:44.949-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-21494923231725362612010-01-27T21:05:59.864-06:002010-01-27T21:05:59.864-06:00I think that the act of taking photos is an act of...I think that the act of taking photos is an act of appreciation rather than ownership or appropriation. A different perspective, surely?Layaneehttp://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-3101408113770785212010-01-27T20:36:53.472-06:002010-01-27T20:36:53.472-06:00I have never understood why someone would prefer t...I have never understood why someone would prefer to record an event on film rather than experience it viscerally. I would rather allow that experiences to carve itself into my brain and flow through my veins. Later, when the moment has passed, I cannot be certain that I will ever have the time to revert to the digital memories to relive the event. However, I do know that my mind and body will allanbecker-gardenguruhttp://allanbecker-gardenguru.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-79121371001024661792010-01-27T17:24:13.222-06:002010-01-27T17:24:13.222-06:00great post - we've been spying on an eagle and...great post - we've been spying on an eagle and 2 fox through our telescope, too far off to photograph with my camera. I like your questions about one time photographic experiences.<br /> My father spent his career as a research biologist and has always been a passionate birder. He also introduced me to photography, although he is a 'collector'; each specimen is dead center, not alwaysJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508520589637248093noreply@blogger.com