For All You Heavy Hearted

GM? No, that’s a GN.

GM. This one’s from 2017, one of my earliest works. I called it “Still in the Game” because back then most of my shots didn’t come out how I wanted, and I was afraid I’d never get good. Looking at it now, it’s full of mistakes - over-edited, edges too dark, middle too bright, colors way off - and I foolishly deleted the RAW file, so it’s locked like this forever. But the composition still holds. I went back to the same spot recently with more experience, a better camera, better editing skills, and perfect light, and I still couldn’t recapture it. That’s the strange thing about photography: sometimes you can come up with a better frame as a novice than you can craft as a pro, and you’ll never make the exact same image twice. If you’re looking for a hobby, landscape photography is one that often delivers even in failure.

Good afternoon. Can you believe this place is real?

GM. Winter is coming.

GM. This is one of my favourite spots for landscape #photography. The Shiroka polyana reservoir. During the late summer and early fall you get these excellent foggy conditions in the morning. Too bad this year the water has been almost completely dried up. And not due to lack of rain. It’s just authorities pumping water out to produce “green” electricity.

This one’s for you Charlie. Hope you are in a better place.

Nature’s way of doing conjoin, I guess.

GM. Rock bottom is a sweet fucking dream.

GM. Last chance to dip your toes in cool water.

GM. The horizon doesn’t move, yet it pulls you forward.

Good day, my fellow retardios, and happy Saturday! Great time for cold plunges or fishing.

GM. Kids are curious.

GM. Stillness speaks louder than any voice.

GM. The landscape offers nothing, yet you leave with something.

What stands still often outlasts everything that moves.

GM. Observation is its own reward, and the landscape doesn’t care who sees it.

Nothing here demands attention, yet it takes all that you have.

Horizons don’t apologize for being far away from everything.

GM nostriches. Here’s a picture of a waterfall you didn’t ask for.