let go, lay to rest
Alone, I fight these animals.
Alone, until I get home.
Coming back, I’m coming back.
She follows me into the woods,
takes me home.
The talented Sarah reminded me today that we've been meaning to collaborate on "Music Monday"... basically, a weekly reminder to share songs within the Flickr community. I don't know about you, but I'm always on the lookout for new music, and I don't always have time for extensive searches to find it. So if anyone has a few good songs to share, have at it!
This image is grainy and underexposed, but I rather like the imperfection of it. That, and it seems to match up with Of Monsters and Men's Six Weeks so very well. Interestingly enough, the band based this song loosely on a story about an American frontiersman that was mauled by a bear, left for dead, and spent six weeks crawling his way back to civilization.
Comments and faves
Dmitri Korobtsov, rskm, kimberly ann kern, tai_nkm, and 244 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Dmitri Korobtsov (15 months ago | reply)
Wonderful work.
miez! (15 months ago | reply)
Oooh, again a wonderful mystic and beautyful image! i like it!
tattoogirl12 (-break-) (15 months ago | reply)
beautiful work!
ebaer1 (15 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot!
*amybenson (15 months ago | reply)
This is so gorgeous and dream-like!
kyleshapirophoto (15 months ago | reply)
Incredible. Teach me!
Adam Graham (15 months ago | reply)
This is gorgeous. And I love Monsters and Men.
sethadiah (15 months ago | reply)
Beautiful image. And the band Blind Pilot has been on my playlist a great deal lately. Their newest album, We Are The Tide, is pretty catchy.
Matt Abinante (15 months ago | reply)
I love when you mix in music with your posts..usually bands I've never heard of
tumbleweed.in.eden (15 months ago | reply)
i don't know how you do it. some of these shots look magical like you processed that light and those tones into a digital image. and then i look at your tags and see it was film. and realize you probably barely touched it if at all. wow.
zerotolerenc (15 months ago | reply)
unreal
jonfromnsca (15 months ago | reply)
Awesome photo!
Silverder (15 months ago | reply)
Phenomenal forrest shot, I like misty element in the upper part of the canopy.. its adds to the allure of this scene
Holden Richards (15 months ago | reply)
really beautiful!
Ivan Sohrakoff (15 months ago | reply)
Love this square of forest! Really nicely done, Danielle. The grainy aspect almost puts it into an animated-looking graphic to me. I like the pillar trees on each edge as well.
daisy jars (15 months ago | reply)
trees disappearing upward into fog...lush ferns all around the bottom...yes, this place does certainly look enchanted.
rsc_escher/way behind (15 months ago | reply)
Wabi sabi :) Cool shot
Wolfgang Kraus (15 months ago | reply)
excellent!
Trina ~ (15 months ago | reply)
Incredible!
coollessons2004 (15 months ago | reply)
You've discovered Pandora. Wow!
Glen~P (15 months ago | reply)
Great image, Danielle. I like that you've composed the shot with a tree on each side; they make it seem like you're an outsider looking into a special place where you may, or may not, be welcome. So, so cool.
FrederikoR (15 months ago | reply)
Sometimes the forest is underexposed and grainy - and that's beautiful.
Zeb Andrews (15 months ago | reply)
Art ought to be painful, but hopefully not bear-mauled painful. You do have a way about forests, with and without a camera.
twoaftertwenty (15 months ago | reply)
Absolutely magical.
And I love imperfections in film photography. Leaks & dust & grain. It's character :)
Esani (Nibedita) (15 months ago | reply)
Enchanting, mystical forest.......
wildorange55 (15 months ago | reply)
seriously amazing. the grain only adds to the feeling of depth...and it's barely perceptible on my mac screen. the fog is killer...as is the song. loveee them.
music monday = success!
SuperDewa (15 months ago | reply)
This is just so good. Feels primeval. Any lighter, and I think you would have lost the magic. But then again, you have a great eye, so maybe you know what it could have been.
Darren C. (15 months ago | reply)
Incredible depth and light. I can feel the heavy air.
alix.kreil (15 months ago | reply)
Fantastic texture and processing, this is beautiful. Love the atmosphere!
...arpi... (15 months ago | reply)
the light through the trees and on the bark is magical! ... yes indeed you should go to Banff, would be great to see your own unique vision of the place
Gator504 (with too many irons in the fire) (15 months ago | reply)
So unlike the places I have lived ... Very mysterious looking.
Argon[one] (15 months ago | reply)
just awesome.
Orion Ahrensfeld (15 months ago | reply)
I am really drawn to this image, it's just really strong, it may even have to do with the technical imperfections, as this modern age makes it so easy to obtain technical perfection, it's nice to see such a strong image come together the way this one does. Nicely done!
As for music recommendations, I'm currently enamored with an emerging artist Mimi Page (particularly her songs "Gravity", "Fire", and "Jigsaw") it's pretty mellow stuff but has this way of tugging out visual imagery in my head, and is my current companion as I browse my photos in the evenings. Here's a link to her soundcloud stream, she just released her first full cd: soundcloud.com/mimi-page
pamelalong (15 months ago | reply)
Love, love, love this one.
manyfires (15 months ago | reply)
manyfires (15 months ago | reply)
Kirstin Mckee (15 months ago | reply)
ooooooo......no words, just an...oooooooo.......
VinothChandar (15 months ago | reply)
awesome!
Nicolò Panzeri (15 months ago | reply)
Beautiful misty shot!
s a s h i (15 months ago | reply)
evocative image, love the rough texture on the trees!
dblasb (15 months ago | reply)
Beautiful image!
Greg-0 (15 months ago | reply)
Killer view of the forest, Danielle. It's as if the forest has its own symphony. :)
Danilo Fermata (15 months ago | reply)
This is a gorgeous image, a beautiful forest!
Lately, I listen an icelandic group: "Sigur Ros". It's absolutly amazing.
Another group that I discovered recently are: "Kings Of Convenience" from Norway
BethAnneFletcher (15 months ago | reply)
Seriously, how do you make trees look so darn beautiful?!
twiggs // catching up! (15 months ago | reply)
amazing colours... so mysterious, so winter... love love!!
Mónica Etcheverry (15 months ago | reply)
I like the forest, has a touch of mystery ... as we see in the movies
Herselfandme (15 months ago | reply)
Love the tufts of lichen and touch of fog.
[inattinico] (15 months ago | reply)
The silence of the wood is poesy for the soul. Great capture.
klkmjknnj (15 months ago | reply)
awesome, love the fog!
n.white1 (15 months ago | reply)
magical. seriously amazing!
i hope you didn't have any close encounters of the bear kind.