"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science"
- Albert Einstein

"Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness"
- Anne Frank

"In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties"
- Mehmet Murat ildan


Into the Woods



Sub-Mariner Sofa



Last known picture of Mrs Swanson



Old Goal



/Johan

[carrrlangas]

Really nice series! Enjoyed it a lot

[ozwald]

Particularly like the 2nd photo & love the quotes! Words can bring to mind many images.

[Johan Holmgren]

Thanks a lot you guys for commenting!
I'm happy you like the quotes.

Words can bring to mind many images.

Indeed they can, if you master the art of combining the right ones

[tessfully]

Thoughtful and mysterious. Thank you!

[wildman]

Mystery - a difficult subject for photography. You are brave to even try.
A refreshing change from the usual.

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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth.
The named is the mother of the ten thousand things.
Ever desireless, one can see the mystery.
Ever desiring, one sees the manifestations.
These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gate to all mystery.

The Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu
6th Century BC

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[Johan Holmgren]

Thank you Tess, appreciated!

Mystery - a difficult subject for photography. You are brave to even try.
A refreshing change from the usual.

Thanks for the feedback! I wasn´t really specifically after a mystery theme at the time. I just happened to pass this wonderful location, a big low grass plateau with walking paths and some lights, where this five to ten feet thick fog builds up at sundown. I could see people walking in the fog like gray shadows and thougt Man, that would make a nice photo. So I cought a few. After PP it felt like mystery was a suitable thread title, but it could as well have been "into the mist" or something .

Btw, seriously deep poem you've cited there. I have red it a few times, it just gets more complex as it progresses. Not sure I grasp the last few lines, but I guess this is the kind of thing one shall ponder over for years.

[daacon]

Pretty cool shots and captains.

[Kerrowdown]

Love these atmospheric type of shots, well done.

[GeoJerry]

Really good! Liked them all!

[Johan Holmgren]

Dave, kerrowdown, Jerry, thank you all for your kind words!