I saw the slanted light in our spare bedroom, and I thought of a line from Desert Places, by Robert Frost, "and night falling fast, oh, fast", only I falsely remembered it as "light falling fast, oh, fast". But I figured I'd better go with a title that more closely explains the kind of closing I'm illustrating.
I did not convert this a duotone - that's the actual colors. Actually, I did not do much post-processing - just some USM and a tiny bit of levels. I don't know why I'm bothering to comment, like anyone is going to care about this photo. But I like it, and I hope at least someone else does, too.
Here's the poem:
Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.
The woods around it have it—it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.
And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less—
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars—on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.
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Very nice image that uses shadows well to convey the end of the day. It feels like it wants to be a great picture (possibly a ribbon winner) but that somehow something doesnt quite work. Having thought about this I just wonder whether the chair makes the frame slightly cluttered and whether it would have been better without it.
Beautiful lighting throughout this photograph. I love the highlights of the blinds on the curtain and how they are diffused on the dresser. Very strong shot.
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