Is it Pagan Poetry?

[Pete Askew]

A secret code carved. But by Lichen.

Leica M Monochrom + Zeiss Distagon M 18mm f1:4 + B+W 090 (light red) filter. ISO 320, 1/125s at f1:8.0. PP in LR and Nik SilverFX Pro 2.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

So you lichen it to a code? Fascinating, isn't it?

Nice shot all round, Pete. Like the sunlight on the window frame, and the overall quietude.

 

[Brian Moore]

Sometimes I look at an image and I realize I would never have thought to have composed it in the same way that the original photographer did. And I say, I wish I could think of things like that. Very fine image, Pete! In short, I'm likin' the lichen.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Beautiful, Pete.

The connection between the stone's iron piece
through a cloud line with the roof line,
perhaps a door's corner stone,
missing its place in the house,
a door on the edge,
and the plants marching as
the army of mother nature
filling the space in between.

 

[Beth Carter]

looks more like a thief's mark left by the riften thieves guild of skyrim. i think it says don't bother stealing here, already emptied..

 

[Pete Askew]

Thank you all. And thank you especially Nihat for completing the poem. The lines (apart from the bit about Lichen) are taken from Pagan Poetry by Björk. And the pattern in the Lichen(s) is an example of ecology in action with a light coloured Lichen colonies growing into and destroying the darker ones. Or maybe the dark hands of the spirits of Avebury. There was an sense of stillness there.

 

[Tim Pindar]

I was drawn to this thread by the Bjork reference. I'm a huge fan of hers, and this concept and photo complement it greatly. Well done!

 

[Pete Askew]

At last! Someone has picked up the reference. Thanks Tim.

 

[Tim Pindar]

On the surface, simplicity...

 

[Paul Lange]

Wonderful. How is the Monochrome working out for you Pete? Seems to be pretty good to me.

Great poem too Nihat. I can see it now, Pete and Nihat at Convent Garden in leotards dancing and swaying while holding up photographs and reciting poems.

 

[Pete Askew]

Pretty well. The high native ISO is a little restrictive (hence, in part, the red filter) but I think this camera will really shine in the winter months and inside.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

love a bit of red filter Pete - lovely textures

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Chris. Normally I would probably used yellow but with the intense sun that day (and the high base ISO), red it was!

 

[Aldous Lau]

beautiful shot

 

[Pete Askew]

Thank you Aldous.

 

[Dave Moss]

Keep being drawn back this to this its brilliant

 

[Pete Askew]

Thank you Dave.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Chris. Normally I would probably used yellow but with the intense sun that day (and the high base ISO), red it was!

So what is the base ISO then?

 

[Pete Askew]

320.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Mmmm, that is high - so you pretty much have to have some form of light reducing filter

On the X-Pro1 I keep a 3 stop ND in the camera bag for shooting wide open in daylight

The X100 had one built in - which makes more sense!