Thank you for the follow back! I love your photography, it's very inspiring for someone such as me who is a beginner in taking pictures and such. :)
no problem.
Best of luck and always shoot what looks best in your eye!
I hope this begins to depict how I feel about the first cold snap
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It has recently come to Algy's attention – and of course he is aware that he should have thought of this long, long ago – that some of the kind friends who follow his adventures do not see the colourful autumn landscapes of the wild west Highlands of Scotland in the same way as other followers. Algy realised that this environment, so rich in an array of varying russets, reds and greens, must look very different to friends with an alternative kind of vision.
So Algy requested his assistant to present his latest adventure without the use of colour, although he did stipulate just one special exception 😀 (And he reports that his assistant found that it was a considerable challenge which greatly enhanced her appreciation of photographers who work in black and white, especially with a subject so rich in the small details of vegetation!)
As he rested pensively on the banks of the trickling burn, Algy began to think in more detail about how his adventures might be viewed and, knowing that quite a few of his friends were a wee bit past their first youth, he understood that the question of sight in general might well be an issue for some. Of course the challenges that deteriorating or impaired eyesight present are entirely different from the condition of colourblindness, but nevertheless raised questions in Algy's mind about what his different friends might actually see in the photographic records of his adventures.
So for all those friends who see colour in a different way, Algy has persuaded his assistant to produce this alternative photographic rendition of his local landscape today.
And for those friends whose vision overall may be limited, problematic, or a serious concern for the future, he offers this famous poem from several centuries ago, although he is quite sure that most will remain determined to do far more than just stand and wait 😀
When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; “Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?” I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed And post o’er Land and Ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait.”
[Algy is quoting Sonnet 19: When I consider how my light is spent by the 17th century English poet John Milton.]
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