Some folks like shooting people, especially children or the very old, some stalk animals, wild or domesticated, some camp out by sunrises and sunsets, some stick with mountains and valleys, some swear by night scenes, some feast on foods. Me I have a thing for trees. When travelling by road, trees invariably catch my eye. Their outlines and silhouettes, and the more crooked and scraggier, the more interesting they look to me.Which explains these pictures. I love photographing trees. And flowers. But trees win by a slightly wider margin. Especially in the leafless, stripped-to-the-bone stages. No heavy leaf-laden trees with lush green glossy foliage for me. I like them bleak, stark, denuded, desolate, skeletal, clawed and taloned, reaching out to the skies with defiant dignity.
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Very interesting... mahse i duh khawro ee hihi ...W
ReplyDeleteHaha a khawro hian a ti nalh ting alom. Or maybe I just relate to their khawro-ness :P
ReplyDeleteWow pictures! i like trees too, but both in the denuded and clothed forms.
ReplyDeletei thingkung duh deuh hi mipa chu ni se kan pa a ni sim sim...cher deuh...sang deuh
ReplyDeletekan pa i star chiang...hettt sala
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Thank you, mesjay! Trees with clothes on are beautiful too...and such a blessing in summer, but the nude ones get to me somehow :P
ReplyDeleteHahah lal virgo, nia in pa hi ka lo star deuh a ni maithei. Cher deuh, sang deuh, did somebody mention khawro earlier? Uh oh :D
ReplyDeleteinteresting. never really paid much attention to tree per se. but this post made me think and, perhaps, i'll now see trees in a different light. also reminded me of my son (when he was small) who always used to say "the trees!" when asked what he missed most of places we have stayed in for some time. whether it was in their denuded or clothed forms, i dont know :)
ReplyDeleteTo a little boy, trees probably mean just one thing - playthings! He probably usually was up a tree when he was a kid. I don't climb trees though, never could, though my younger sister was like a little monkey with trees. I have a distinct childhood memory of my older sister calling her for tea one day saying, "Lo chhuk vat rawh, trawi trawi a che" and it turned out the person on the guava tree was actually my mum :D
ReplyDeleteChawhmeh neih loh changin in in bul vela thinghnah hi chawhmehah in hmang thin a ni maw? In sik kawlh hneh hle hlawm mai!!!
ReplyDeleteHmm. You should visit SoCal. Plenty of trees that meet your specs although i couldn't help but speculate how Freud might spin your interesting choice of subjects. A barren and gnarly id reaching out from a subconsciously...! Is that Pu lianhmingthanga's house backdropped in the fourth one?
ReplyDeleteA ni maithei a ni,samuelapa. Tu ten emawni poh hmanah hollyhock hnah an tlak chhin toh an tih kha. A tui aih lo an ti. Nih duh hmel fu ni.
ReplyDeletePhilo, it did strike me that my choice of subject might reflect something in me but I hadn't quite gotten to that kind of Freudian speculation yet :)) "a barren and gnarly id reaching out from a subconscious..." Sounds kind of ominous, brrrrr. Bingo, those are Pu Lianhmingthanga's twin domes. Kind of interesting architecture, right? I heard he commissioned Pu Tlangrokhuma to paint a huge mural on his bedroom wall too. Are you related to the family btw?
ReplyDelete"Kind of interesting architecture" Yup. No family ties but the area's my rv whenever i come home.
ReplyDeleteOff Topic: Thlalak hi i neih that tehlul nen, romantic single individual passport photo hi i nei vak lo a ni maw? Tuna i avatar hman laiah poh hian mi dang ban chum deuh a lo lang tel tlat!!!
ReplyDeletetrees are scary!!! a danger hlawm e. :D i la thiam lutuk a, ka hlau vek.
ReplyDeletethingkung sawi chuan, ka pa te khuaa bung, enge a hming kha aw? ka hre mai ta lo, chumi chu a lian rapthlak ltk a. A zung te pawh hi thingkung pangngai ai pawhin an sang tawh zawk. zin leh veleh chuan a thlalak tur a ni. Chumi thingkung ka hmuh chuan 'the guardian' kha ka hrechhuak ziah lehnghal, a hran duh hmel ltk a. :D milem lo post zel teh... ka save vek ania... heng ho pawh hi.
Trees are beautiful, Joseph! Ka orkut avatar vangin min hmu hlauhawm zo vek mai lol. Photographing trees makes even a total point and shoot amateur look like a real pro :) Ti ve rawh. Nia ti khan lo save zel rawh. I blog a ka pic i dah te kha kchu ka lo delete daih toh asin. Ka hard disk hi a te reuh ltk a...
ReplyDeletePhilo, in that case next time you come home you must drop in for a cup of tea because that's where I live :)
ReplyDeletesamuelpa, lol ban chum deuh hi chu kan Senior dept naupang ho ban anih hi. Nikum kan Senior Meet ni a kan dept pic ami nih hi. Ka khawmpui kawr thar hi ka chhuan ve zia. Romantic single individual passport photo atan a qualify ve fu tho lom ni?
Thanks. I'll definitely take up the offer the next time Im around. Like i said, plenty of trees to shoot around here so make some plans.
ReplyDeleteTravelling half a world away to shoot trees sounds kind of blow away extravagant but I can always dream :)
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