Thursday, September 4, 2008

To Touch Souls/ Sky Watch

" See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.”
~ Mother Teresa


To join in the Sky Watch fun, visit the Sky Watch blog at http://skyley.blogspot.com

92 comments:

  1. an excellent post for the sky watch friday!

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  2. A definite WOW photograph. Thank you for giving us special, tranquil moments.

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  3. Great silhouette.

    I like this a lot.

    Come visit,
    Troy

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  4. Nice framing and nice work with getting that straw just right.

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  5. Just marvelous; in words and image. I could sit here and contemplate this scene for a long while.

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  6. Touching souls. How beautiful. Love that the sky is obscured, but the colors are still so radiant. Phenomenal capture!

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  7. Maybe the best I have seen today, great photo.

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  8. OMG...this is SO gorgeous

    Please drop at my SWF post also: in here and here Thanks

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  9. Great shot and quotation. Beautiful Nature and colors.

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  10. Beautiful. I like the quote, too...

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  11. EG: You did a wonderful job with this capture today. It is really special.

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  12. This is a very beautiful picture!

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  13. Oh, my! A WOW, indeed! Beautiful photo; beautiful words.

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  14. What beautiful words to go with the photo!

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  15. Great shot. I like the black straw.

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  16. Wow, beautiful skies! This orange is excellent! :)
    To reach the Olympus was quite a thing. 2000 meters, and at last a nice climbing section. But I love the moment when you are on top, and here they had such a nice Greek flag...

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  17. Inspirational image. Thanks for sharing.

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  18. Fantastic! A wonderful sense of drama and tranquility co-existing! The colours are magical and the touch of a leafy branch is like a gentle wave of farewell! Love it!

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  19. Soft and wispy. A very delicate SWF.
    (fyi, I did tilt the camera on purpose, but I had to gain more confidence to actually post my photo! Thanks for telling me it was arty).

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  20. The title is perfect and great quote too. Such a serene shot.

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  21. Absolutely beautiful. Have a great weekend.
    Cheers

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  22. Marvellous - I'm stunned.

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  23. What a befitting photo to accompany Mother Theresa's quote.
    It is a stunning image!

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  24. Another major "WOW!" Excellent capture. Perfect composition.

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  25. Wow, yes it is a wow. Amazing colours.:)

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  26. Wow! Absolutly fantastic! Very nice work:)

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  27. Brilliant shot. The colour is stunning!

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  28. Magnificent. Those words really to pertain to skywatch.

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  29. Very nice sky. I like it.

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  30. Stunning. What a great photo!

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  31. Simply beautiful. Lovely photo for sky watch friday that shows off the best of your view of the sky. Thanks for sharing.

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  32. Very nicely done. It makes me want to find some tall grass and a sunset.

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  33. That is incredible....it'll have to rank as one of the best of the week!

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  34. If I were grading your photo I would give it an A+++++++! I simply love the colors, the composition, and the way you framed it.

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  35. Wow! I am speechless. This is a very beautiful photo.

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  36. You did it again!! Another beauty. Framed so special, I love it. MB

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  37. Oh..Oh..Oh...how lovely....
    more, more, I'm still not satisfied!

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  38. This is really a very beautiful picture! I love it! I normally don't like the messed with pictures but I love what you did to the bird below.

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  39. This is absolutely gorgeous! It leaves me speechless! Except that I have to add fabulous, gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking! You captured it beautifully! Excellent photo!!

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  40. Nice SWF post - I'll have to get out my map and look up EG. And thanks for leaving your link at mine so I could discover your blog.Lots of cool stuff to see and read.

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  41. That was one of the best so far, a WOW photo, great capture, awesome photography.

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  42. What a lovely quote to go along with your beautiful photograph! Silence is golden. Sometimes noise complicates, muddies or ruins a special visual moment, I think.

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  43. Gorgeous colors. I like the way it matches the shades in the photo in your header, too.

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  44. Well done, wordless!!!

    Fantastic post!

    Have a nice days!

    Santilli

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  45. wow this is a wonderful shot and words

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  46. Love this one too! *sigh*
    And it wasn't raining (for once this year, eh?)

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  47. Great shot and the quote.

    Check out mine here

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  48. Beautiful shot, with great perspective. Thanks for sharing.

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  49. Moments of nature's beauty and serenity are so important.

    This is a wonderful photo and words to accompany. Well done! G

    www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com

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  50. Absolutely stunning!

    It says Saskatchewan harvest sunset to me & brings back heaps of happy memories of sitting in the grain fields with the odd head of wheat still standing.

    I'll be in for slapped wrists today with my post.

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  51. Excellent picture and the words are so so true. I love coming in here and watch you photos and read your thoughtful words. You must have a big heart!

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  52. Very, very beautiful. Your photo has a suggestion of fall to come with the colours and stalk with seeds.

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  53. Beautiful picture! Perfect captured. I also like the accompaning quote a lot.

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  54. Beautiful. Simply beautiful. :)

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  55. Stunning shot, indeed!

    Have a nice weekend.

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  56. I can't seem to find an adjective to appropriately describe this shot. Magnificent is as close as I can come. BJ

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  57. Very, very beautiful! You always have something great!

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  58. A lovely reminder. I need to sit in silence and contemplate more often.

    Darla

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  59. That is fabulous! Just beautiful!

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  60. simple yet stunning...happy sky watch :)

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  61. Very beautiful photograph, marvellous sunset but also the first plan create movement in the subject.
    Great shot!

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  62. There's always something going on up in your corner of the world. I love the composition of this piece. Thanks for sharing.

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  63. That shot is so special! Excellant choice for SWF. Have a happy day.

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  64. Fabulous! I think this is the best Skywatch I've seen this week.
    WOW!

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  65. It seems a sacrilege to say anything.
    Silence

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  66. That's an excellent image to accompany that beautiful qoute (or vice versa).

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  67. Beautiful silhouette...

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  68. Oh wow...beautiful beautiful capture! Also looks like you had a beautiful Sept. walk in the woods~beatiful mosaic!
    Your photos are beautiful and artistic!
    Happy skywatching!
    Cat

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  69. Beautiful sunset. I like the way you framed this shot! Thanks for visiting my sky watch.

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  70. My kind of picture.... I love it and it fits the words to perfection...

    Here's Mine

    Tom

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  71. That takes my breath away. Just beautiful!

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  72. Oh, my!!!!!

    I echo the WOW! of your blog name.

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  73. Silence indeed.

    However long it took for you to set this up, it was worth it.

    Great macro silhouette, nice technique.

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  74. Very nice how you isolated the one straw and esthetic lines it makes. Beautiful sunset on the background. This is the material the photographer wants to keep!

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