GALLERY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW
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Jack Arrington, a resident of Lodi,
Va. has been farming with teams of mules for many years. While following
him to a field one day on an assignment (to feature him and his mule
team plowing tobacco) this scene appeared before me.
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This was taken a number of years ago
at one of the many incarnations of; give the kids some chalk, a sidewalk
and a little room to work. I really like this because of the many details;
a chalk covered kid, multicolored chalk laying all around and the rainbow
seemingly exploding from the mind of the child. This, and the image
below of the child with the flower in his brain, exemplify one of the
missing main ingredients in this current-return to the cave-computer
age. Yes, children young and old, still do this even now. But, how many
of us, so terrified by the evils (both real and perceived) in this world,
pay no attention to life around us. Just for a while, turn off your
television and your computer, toss your newspaper in the garden as worm
food and look at the life all around you.
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This beautiful butterfly was photographed
on Cumberland Island National Seashore, early October 1998, near the
ruins of Dungeness.
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Even though the colors may appear
to be enhanced in this image, it is very close to the actual scene on
a late summer evening in a clearing storm. Sometimes there are lighting
conditions which can almost be captured on color transparency film (slides).
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An old steam locomotive pulls out
of the rail yard in Bristol, Virginia.
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This sunset was taken from the Myrtle
Beach pier one evening on one of the many family trips to that particular
beach.
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Casey Cooper is a friend whom I have not seen in several years. For this image and the image used as the header on our home page I owe Casey much gratitude. (And I also still owe him some prints). This was taken at the opening ceremony on Snake Mountain above Trade, TN on 26 June 1992. |
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Whitetop Mt. in the Fall from Konnarock, Va.
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With the flower completely inside
his brain, this child knows what it is to be alive; nothing else exists
except the flower at this moment in time. Most all children start out
with this sense of wonder and awe; soaking in every tidbit of information
their keen senses can possibly transfer. A very wise friend, Dr.
MaCaki PeSheWa, once stated to me; "the question is not, 'is there
life after death,' it is, 'is there life after birth.' "
Let your children be children; always. |
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This castle in Bavaria, the southern
region of Germany near the Alps, may have been used by Walt Disney as
the model for what is known as "Tinkerbell's Castle" in Disneyland.
The may have been in the above statement is there because I have not been able to verify (on my very lengthy to-do list) this story as yet. While stationed at Ramstein AFB in
the early '70's friends and I made many excursions throughout western
Europe. On one such trip, a German friend said he knew from where the
well-known photograph of Neuschwanstein had been taken. After a 1 hour
hike through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, and some
that was very treacherous, we came to an overlook with this scene before
us. This was shot with a 35mm camera and a moderate telephoto lens of
135mm. Thank you Tommy and Fred.
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