LAPC #234 – Messages

This week, Donna (Wind Kisses) hosts her first official LAPC theme: Messages. Dona encourages us to “search for messages in photography.”

This old tree has a story to tell. Having struggled for ages, it continues to grow gracefully and stand tall in front of the giant rock mountain. It speaks to me and the messages are there.

As I was photographing this old tree at the Rushmore, somehow I thought about Joseph J. Ellis’s words when he explains the iconic paint of Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware “… pictures don’t speak words they generate thoughts and feeling, some of which defy logic or reason and then viewers give words to these thoughts and feeling an icoic or classic portrait or picture …” His words/message explain why some of the photos stay with us forever long.

Nature constantly sends out clear messages of climate change. Here you can see the water marks on the rocks showing the low water level in Lake Powell.

When Thomas Moran first gazed upon the canyon known now as the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, he remarked that its beautiful colors “were beyond the reach of human art.” The watercolors, illustrations, and photographs depicting Yellowstone’s scale and grandeur did more than written or oral descriptions to persuade Congress to preserve the area. On March 1, 1872, Grant signed the bill to make Yellowstone the first national park. More here. Moran’s painting sent important messages his viewers.

The photos of Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone  was taken with my iPhone:

Stay safe when you travel:

A beautiful message from nature, a sign of spring:

Messages from people.

We see beautiful lanterns with messages hanging on top the gate, as we walk toward the temple in Kyoto.

Small wooden plaques like these are common in Japanese Shrines. People write their prayers or wishes on a small wooden plaque wishing their loved ones happiness and health.

I agree with Donna, the options for this theme are endless. We hope you’ll join us. Please link your post to Donna’s site and use the Lens-Artists tag so we can find you. View her beautiful words and photos and sharing your discoveries.

Many thanks to Anne’s One Lens Walk last week, it was an inspiring theme. I had a chance to learn of how to use lens to take better photos from Anne and all of you.

Next week, Patti will lead with Shadows & Reflections in Monochrome. Be sure to visit her site at Pilotfish.

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