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And the dead leaves lie huddled and still, no longer blown hither and thither...
And the dead leaves lie huddled and still, no longer blown hither and thither...
Bear_Music


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Dead Flora (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Harwich Port, Cape Cod
Date: Dec 17, 2013
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Dec 20, 2013

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Reluctance
Robert Frost

Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.

The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.

And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question ‘Whither?’

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?

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Place: 46 out of 83
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Avg (commenters): 6.6667
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Votes: 100
Comments: 12
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Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sony Sonnar T* E 24mm f/1.8 ZA
 12/30/2013 04:38:12 PM
Love the poetry with the image. Great stuff - done BEAR STYLE!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 12/29/2013 11:58:09 PM
Beautiful 'arrangement', well seen. Last moment bump.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 12/29/2013 11:27:12 PM
Lovely image and poetry. The perfection is marred by the arbitrary inclusion of the bars. Why do it? 6 anyway but should be an 8
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Sigma DP1x
12/29/2013 10:56:48 PM
Border not necessary.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/29/2013 10:10:23 PM
So very rich and warm - beauty in decay.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 12/29/2013 10:33:41 AM
Lovely tones, subtle lines, shapes. Voted earlier; back to comment.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 12/28/2013 01:08:09 AM
...and it is still hard to accept the end.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 12/27/2013 09:19:58 AM
Nice mix of the tones of a forest floor.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/25/2013 03:37:11 PM
Great classic style of imagery here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 12/24/2013 09:48:04 PM
...6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/23/2013 11:18:28 AM
Only one Bear is this poetic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 12/23/2013 08:13:49 AM
Love your quote. Something so basic about fallen leaves on the ground. :)
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