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Comment on Photo Montage: The Queen of Hearts by Sue Schwer

Sue Schwer — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:02:20 +0000

Hi Anne, I am putting together a photo tour in France and would like to get in touch with you, I did not find a contact area on your site so I’m leaving a message here. I will leave my contact information below.

Comment on Storm on the Horizon, Chantillac by Anne Darling

Anne Darling — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:25:56 +0000

There is a path very near where I live which goes up and up and up. Towards the top there are many bent trees just like this one which fascinate me as I have no idea why they look like that. This is France, and we don’t get gale force winds or weather that would make the trees look this way. Near the top of the path I saw this one tree, a bit smaller than the rest and some interesting clouds appearing on the horizon. I used a focal length of 28mm and exposed for the sky (1/125 second). The foreground was a little dark and lacking detail so I tweaked it a bit in Photoshop to just catch a bit more detail but not too much so. I think you need to tweak everything these days but it’s a subtle art and you need to learn not to overdo it. But when making the shot, probably the most important thing is where you stand and the angle you shoot at. Hope that helps! And thanks for your comments.

Comment on Storm on the Horizon, Chantillac by mbali

mbali — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:39:46 +0000

im am fasinated by your work and im recently a student at dut studying journalism photography, the most interesting part about the picture of the stormy sky is that i have been trying to take something like that but i have managed to mess it up timelessly can you try to give practical tips.A very big fan of your beautiful work!!!!!!

Comment on Abandoned House, Barbezieux by Anne Darling

Anne Darling — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:48:05 +0000

Glad you like it… I don’t think it’s too scary, maybe just a wee bit lonely!

Comment on Abandoned House, Barbezieux by The Simple Life of a Country Man's Wife

The Simple Life of a Country Man's Wife — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:14:53 +0000

I find abandoned houses scary, and wish they would be torn down. On our local Indian reservations, abandoned houses are used for really ugly things …

On a lighter note, the photo is nice!

Comment on Are Circuses Cruel? by Anne Darling

Anne Darling — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:57:41 +0000

I agree with all you have said. Also, if I were kept in a cage for 22 hours of the day, and allowed to exercise for just one or two hours then to an outside observer it might look like I was enjoying it! It’s reminiscent of a prison where the inmates are allowed out into the yard for a short period of time. They don’t have to walk around the yard but by then they are desperate to move their bodies before being stuck back in the cell. Also, that particular elephant had some blood on its face although it doesn’t show up in the photo. We don’t know what goes on out of the public eye.

Comment on Are Circuses Cruel? by jenny vandy

jenny vandy — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:41:05 +0000

No animal should be exploited by zoos or by the circus, especially in these days of wonderful educational wild life documentaries on television which capture these magnificent creatures in their natural environment the very antithesis of the enclosures of the zoos or the circus top. Elephants are sensitive and extremely intelligent animals who live in large family groups. They grieve for dead members of their group and need the companionship of other members of their species. How can anyone possibly comment that animals ‘love performing’? Maybe domesticated dogs and horses to a degree but let’s leave wildlife where it belongs – in the wild and be joyful that they are there.
We stopped the ‘art’ of performing bears many years ago and if anyone can be bothered to watch documentaries on these beautiful and intelligent creatures, they would know how they suffer being forced’ to do their ‘funny tricks’ for the benefit of us (possibly less intelligent) human beings!

Comment on Rainbow Photographs by Anne Darling

Anne Darling — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:45:30 +0000

Yes the poem’s an old favourite of mine…. glad you like the photo too

Comment on Rainbow Photographs by in every atom

in every atom — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:42:36 +0000

I love that poem. Sweet photo, too.

Comment on Are Circuses Cruel? by Begging Bear « Anne Darling Photography Blog

Begging Bear « Anne Darling Photography Blog — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:00:40 +0000

[...] I took this photograph of a bear begging for food treats in a zoo in China. We are apt to think that the Chinese don’t treat their animals very well, and that European/Western zoos are much better but is this true? Is it acceptable to expect animals to act out behaviour which is not natural to them just to put a smile on the face of kids? Let me know what you think. See also my article on animals kept in zoos and a previous blog on circus animals. [...]