A winter walk along a snow covered path through the woods has a special quality of stillness. It's a quiet made of your own muffled, almost soundless footfalls and those of the creatures who made those tiny tracks. You sense that they are hiding with held breath just out of sight under the pillowed snow beside the frozen water in the stream. Your frozen breath hangs in the air, as if afraid to fall and shatter the peace. The lowering sun makes the shadows lengthen silently through the woods, across the brook between the trees.
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+Ellie Kennard I will check it out, thank you!
If you subscribe to the blog you get to read the posts which are stories before even they go onto G+! +Beena R
Not finished, I will do, +Beena R 😀
+Ellie Kennard She being a poet, I totally understand 😉
Is it yet to be posted ? If so, please tag me when you post !
She would have said that I come by it honestly. 😉
My next story tells all… (or most, if not all) +Beena R
+Ellie Kennard No wonder you deliver so beautifully 🙂
Yes, I do, Beena (thanks for that comment). But no poetry. My mother was the poet. 😀
+Beena R
+Ellie Kennard Oh yes, I know about those posts, you weave it from your own life, surroundings and acquaintances, I love those 🙂
Yes, I share them in my collection (Stories of a Wanderer) but they are on my blog: https://www.elliekennard.ca +Beena R
+Ellie Kennard Do you mean short stories?
Thanks so much +Dorota Dylka – I'm glad you love it.
That is a lovely comment, thanks so much +Beena R – I'm glad you like the writing too. I don't usually write poetry, though I do write of course. I think you have read my stories?
What an amazing capture, love it and what you have written too " shadows lengthen silently through the woods, across the brook between the trees".. pure poetry there (I haven't seen one from you posted as poetry though 😉 +Ellie Kennard !
love it ++
+Ellie Kennard You are welcome dear Ellie.
Thank you +Amir Khorasani
Beautiful capture.
+Joyce Fay It is!
Thanks a lot, +Shelly Gunderson
Lovely light and shadow!
Just my sort of scene and my sort of walk.
+Heiko Mahr thanks a lot, Heiko!
Thank you for that comment, it's so true, +Steve Gard​ – and thanks for the reshare.
the light and shadows … the natural sculpted snow formations … part of the beauty of winter
It looks like a modern art sculpture..
wonderful how you worked out the light and the shadows!
+Ellie Kennard You are most welcome, our pleasure!
+Linda Jess Thanks a lot Linda.
+Photo Mania Canada thank you very much +Giselle Savoie and +Mark HELM I always appreciate the support you give to Canadian photographers.
+Prue Stopford that is very kind. The snow was still that soft pile, so no crunching on that day. But as it's now above freezing and then is set to go back down to -10C, it will be pretty crunchy soon!
Ellie I can feel the crunch as you break into that snow! Well done, it's gorgeous and deserves to be chosen 🙂
Congratulation +Ellie Kennard your photograph has been selected to be displayed at +Photo Mania Canada #photomaniacanada. Thank you for sharing your fantastic work us!
Have a great day! 🙂
+Giselle Savoie and +Mark HELM
What a lovely picture. So peaceful and quite you could think you would be able to stand there and have time stand still. Wonderful light and shadows
+Alex James I absolutely agree with you, there is much beauty, often overlooked, in the small/partial landscape. Thanks again, Alex!
+Simon Jeffery​ thanks a lot, Simon.
Thank you very much, +Marie, LMB​, I'm glad you like it.
+Tim Newton​ thanks a lot. It really seemed a perfect fit for monochrome treatment. I very much appreciate the reshare by the +Landscape Photography​page.
Thanks, Sumit! +Sumit Sen​
Wonderful!
Wonderful scene, light, and composition!! Terrific B&W treatment!! Awesome shot, +Ellie Kennard!! 🙂
Thank you for sharing with the #LandscapePhotography theme!!
It's my honor to share your wonderful photo to +Landscape Photography! Check out all the great photos there including yours!!
Beautiful nature shot Ellie.
Great shot and right-up +Ellie Kennard
I'm a big fan of partial/small landscapes. The snow is wonderful, and as I was reading your story I could feel & hear the snow crunching, lightly & gracefully as if I were walking there myself! I must say that the shadows add a special dimension ~ wouldn't be the same without them! +Ellie Kennard
Thanks for that lovely (not at all pedestrian and very much appreciated) comment +Alex James . Those shadows with that brook were what drew me in the first place.
Lovely ~ this might seem pedestrian, but I'm really drawn to the diagonally lined shadows. Great catch! ❤️ +Ellie Kennard
Thanks a lot, +Stella Gassaway​
Beautiful
Very nice one Ellie, my best to you both, enjoy the rest of the winter…
Thank you, Mac! I hope that you and Carol enjoy a kinder winter than last year, too.
This image is lovely, Ellie. You have captured the essence of peace and calm.
Thanks a lot, Cynthia. It’s lovely to hear from you!