Wisdom ...

Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 8 May 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

Contains knowledge, understanding, patience, intuition and a dash of skepticism.

Comments (21)

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

How true, I like that. A very nice conceptual picture Ron.

8 May 2008 12:32am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Hong Kong

All those good traits, most of which elude me completely. Only a dream!

8 May 2008 12:35am

Mandy from Johannesburg, South Africa

I really like this image Ron it is so simple but is so powerful...I like the bit of grain coming through too adds a whole new element to it!

8 May 2008 1:44am

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

Very powerful image and beautifully photographed. Wisdom comes with age..... so they say ?

8 May 2008 2:46am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Very nicely done, Ron!

8 May 2008 5:04am

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Wisdom is what was needed to make this image (knowledge, understanding, patience, ...).

8 May 2008 5:52am

Helma from Tehran, Iran

well done ... nice & sharp capture !

8 May 2008 6:20am

Alun Lambert from Cheshire, United Kingdom

great image

8 May 2008 7:56am

Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States

Great capture. I like the treatment.

8 May 2008 8:44am

Marcie from United States

I like this - both the message..and the image itself. There's both a softness and solidity to it.
Thanks for sharing.

8 May 2008 9:42am

Sarah [ cupcake] from Statesville, United States

Very mysterious. The shadowing is amazing. I love the strength of this picture, so simple and elegant.

8 May 2008 11:04am

Blur69 from Kyoto, Japan

Wow what an amazing image. I love the texture and the shadows which work so well to convey the idea that the acquisition of wisdom comes over time--wisdom is when intelligence meets experience. This photo makes me think of aged wine and the composition conveys a bit of mystery--which I love. Also, when I think of wisdom I think about the heightened ability to be intuitive. Some say that intuition grows out of the soul and the shadows capture this quality for me. Wonderful wonderful piece.

8 May 2008 12:22pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

cool!! great tones. where'd you find this?

8 May 2008 12:30pm

@danthro: If you mean the bottle (with the words etched on it), I gave it to a colleague of mine on the occasion of his ordination. There's an artist here in St. Louis who makes these out of old wine bottles. I was looking for things around the church (which is where I work) the other day that I could photograph and I remembered this bottle that was sitting in his office. I placed it on a window sill in the sanctuary because I like the texture of the wood and the quality of light I get when I photograph in that location.

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

great work - lovely framing and tone selection

8 May 2008 12:48pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

I agree with much of what has been said but I do like the treatment given to the image . . it looks kinda 'stolen' . . secret knowledge.

8 May 2008 12:58pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Not so secret ... I downloaded a "holga" action off the Adobe Studio Exchange ... I liked the overall effect, but I decided to go with the brown tone instead of the black ...