{"id":1164,"date":"2011-02-06T18:01:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T01:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/remarc.com\/craig\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2011-02-06T18:01:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T01:01:18","slug":"picture-this-prelim-the-genius-loci-of-ellis-hollow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/?p=1164","title":{"rendered":"‘Picture this’ prelim: The ‘genius loci’ of Ellis Hollow"},"content":{"rendered":"

My favorite part of the gardening blogosphere is Gardening Gone Wild’s Picture This photo contest<\/a>. I’ve had the honor of winning twice and the privilege of judging once<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I like most about the contest is that it often pushes me — a rank amateur photographer — to venture beyond my boundaries and comfort level. It makes me a better (though still not great) garden photographer.<\/p>\n

So I’m a little bit frustrated with this month’s ‘assignment’<\/a>: One shot that captures the \u2018Genius loci – the special atmosphere of a place’. <\/p>\n

That’s a tough assignment for a garden in February in snowy upstate New York. Sure, we have a genius loci in winter. But it’s not really focused on the garden. And good luck to folks in Chicago and across much of the U.S. going out to capture that special shot this month.<\/p>\n

But I’m undeterred. This gives me a good excuse to go back through old images to see if any capture that. I do a lot more close-up and medium range shooting. But I think I’ve got some longer shots that might capture a bit of the genius loci. Maybe I’ve succeeded? Maybe not.<\/p>\n

And here’s where you come in. I have some favorite genius loci shots, what with living here and all. But from an outside perspective, which of the following images to you think best captures the ‘genius loci’ of Ellis Hollow?<\/p>\n

From one of my first posts. I suspect the ridge to the west will be a familiar theme.
\n\"early<\/p>\n

From 2005? My banner is (and always has been) a slice of this image.
\n\"Containers\"<\/p>\n

Same image with tilt-shift treatment.
\n\"tilt<\/a><\/p>\n

The white pine, the lone crab apple in the marsh and the ridge help define this place.
\n\"lonely<\/a><\/p>\n

From June 2007. Decent overview with nice light. But the Norway maple is no longer with us. Might be a little more clinical than spiritual.
\n\"june<\/a><\/p>\n

One of my favorite borrowed scenery shots.
\n\"walk<\/a><\/p>\n

Front with tilt-shift treatment.
\n\"tilt<\/a><\/p>\n

Water garden, Sept. 2007.
\n\"water
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Grasses, Sept. 2007
\n\"grasses<\/a><\/p>\n

Dare I submit a video of a day …
\n<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

The day in 50 seconds<\/a> from Craig Cramer<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or a season?
\n<\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

Veggie bed close up<\/a> from Craig Cramer<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fall grasses and bottles maybe?
\n\"silhouetted<\/a><\/p>\n

Will a stitched image tell the tale?
\n\"new
\nLarger view<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunbeams. A little trite?
\n\"phlomis\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This might be the closest thing I have to showing the gradation from human to wild.
\n\"old<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking these over, I’m starting to envision the shots I wish I’d taken. So maybe this assignment will be a good motivator.<\/p>\n

Which one do you think I should enter?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My favorite part of the gardening blogosphere is Gardening Gone Wild’s Picture This photo contest. I’ve had the honor of winning twice and the privilege of judging once. What I like most about the contest is that it often pushes me — a rank amateur photographer — to venture beyond my boundaries and comfort level. … Continue reading “‘Picture this’ prelim: The ‘genius loci’ of Ellis Hollow”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-bummers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}