Rock pretending eternity Moonlight heavy on the sea Clouds bring the sky
Photograph and haiku of Malua Bay on the south coast of New South Wales. Lit here by about 8 minutes of the full moon. All is not what it seems. The moonlight softens the waves creating a smooth effect of deceptive calm … the clouds coming in give the game away.
beautiful
Thanks Petra 🙂
The exposure time is beautifully chosen, it gives it a nice atmosphere at this monochrome
Thank you Marie … the rain moved in not long after I finished this exposure.
Quite evocative. The emptiness stirs the imagination.
Thank you Richard and nice of you to visit. It’s a beautiful part of the world 🙂
Absolutely fantastic. The atmosphere of this moonlight shot is gorgeous. It must have been a fabulous moment.
Or several moments all piled against one another 🙂
WOW – ALL MY FAVOURITE IMAGES STIRRED INTO ONE. MAKES ONE THINK OF VAN GOGH’S STARRY STARRY NIGHT (WITHOUT THE STARS!) OR EDGAR PO’S (THE NAME IS ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE AND THE EDGES OF MY MIND BUT DOESN’T WANT TO REVEAL ITSELF – BUT YOU SEE IT CAME TO ME BEFORE I FINISHED THE COMMENT!!!) THE RAVEN – A PICTURE OF ROMANCE, MYSTERY, PERHAPS A TOUCH OF THE UNKNOWN LURKING ABOUT (AND AT TIMES THE UNKNOWN SETS OFF A BIT OF FEARFUL EXCITEMENT IN ONE’S HEART AND SOUL). AND I ALSO LIKE YOUR HAIKU -VERY PROVOCATIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
You’re welcome Marialla … glad it moved you somehow.
(ps. is there a reason you type in CAPS? Just wondering is all)
your style is absolutely fascinating, especially this picture conveys a strong feeling of opposition, the darkness mingle with this romantic light, creating a perfect frame, compliments Geoffrey
Thanks Fabrizio. My style is something I find I am able to see only retrospectively … once the work is all lined up together.
Luscious and quieting, allows for pure introspection into the night, even impending unknown: a monochromatic beauty, Sally
It is kind of luscious isn’t it? … dark and velvety … still … yet implying movement and change.
Cinematically lovely.
Thanks … the black bars lend the cinematic feel 🙂
Dramatic in the best possible way . . one of my favorites.
Thanks Kathryn, glad you like the drama … it’s in each component of the picture: the rocks, the sea and the sky and it all comes together, amplified by the interaction of the three.
aloha Geoffrey – your photos are beautiful. the atmosphere, the sense of the image – exquisite.
regarding haiku:
we all write haiku from where we are. the important thing is to start. exactly what you are doing and the way you are doing it. now keep doing it. as you learn about the form.
next, read a lot of haiku and then read a lot ABOUT haiku. you will be amazed at how fast your way with haiku will grow if you keep at it and keep at learning about it. over time your haiku way will evolve.
at one time in the western world we were taught that haiku had to be 17 syllables exactly, in exactly 3 lines (or 5-7-5) like this:
5 in the first line
7 in the 2nd line
5 again in the 3rd line
there are reasons we were taught this was the only way. it turns out that altho this is acceptable, it is far FAR from the only way it can be written. in fact strict adherence to 5-7-5 often hinders good haiku writing. as you read about haiku you will eventually discover why all this happened and why it is the way it is now.
suffice it to say that 17 syllables OR LESS is currently accepted as haiku in the English language – along with some other things that make haiku, haiku. and there are no rules about haiku having to be a given number of syllables on any one line. in fact… it doesnt even have to be in 3 lines. there are one line haiku. 2 line haiku and sometimes even 4 line haiku. each has some criteria that make it haiku tho.
it’s simple: there are more important things that make haiku, haiku than this line and syllable count.
i value and have learned a lot through “Haiku Jane” – a long time authority on haiku – Jane Reichhold. she has a site full of great insight and information here:
http://www.ahapoetry.com/index.html
or AHA Poetry
some writings on that site may be too much in the beginning. but keep exploring the site. take what you understand and apply it. it’s likely that later that stuff that is too much will begin to make sense and it will add a lot to anyone’s haiku writing. so keep coming back to this site. (imo)
one of the things she talks about is Fragment and Phrase Theory – on that site. i found it very helpful.
i hope some of this helps you along your haiku path. the bottom line is: keep writing ku – and apply the things that you learn about haiku that are important to you.
and of course, have fun too. aloha.
Rick … wow what a reply! Thank you for taking the time to help me along my way. I’ve visited the sites you recommend (and I know some of my other readers have as well!) and found them to be terrific resources in the art. Plainly more practice required! 🙂
It’s an extraordinary beautiful picture. The moonlit clouds and waves are almost flowing out of the frame. And the otherwise darken landscape makes it quite mysterious, almost aggressive. Wonderfully captured and processed.
Thanks Otto. I wanted to take the three natural elements of the scene and render them darkly and mysteriously. Just enough of the familiar to reassure yet enough of the darkness and time to render it dreamlike and possible.
The beauty, mystery and silence within this frame are utterly captivating – I feel so greedy in wanting to know more!
Thanks Patti – ‘Greed is good’ I heard someone say in the Eighties (Mr Gecko perhaps?)
I like this. Beautiful and dramatic.
Thanks Birgitta 🙂
Hello Geoffrey. I feel such a sense of peace from this beautiful photograph and such a perfect haiku to accompany it.
A heartfelt thank you for your thoughtful words on my post. x
Judith, I’m glad I could give even a small something 🙂
Wonderful and Excellent!
Thank you always Claudia 🙂
Strong BW! Love this view, full of mystery. NIcely done.
Have a nice day.
Thank you
Great photo, reminds me of a film noir, just before they find a beautiful lady on the beach … dead.
Krasna a tajomna atmosfera, Geoffrey. Posielam po dlhej dobe krasny pozdrav zo Slovenska. Zelam vela krasnych napadov v tvojej tvorbe.
Ahoj Klaudia 😉
Thank you Klaudia … your work is inspirational as always 🙂