My World: It has been a

[fahim mohammed]

long Journey. It has been my dream.
I have walked long and hard through rain and slush. Over rocks, thorn infested wasteland.

Today I have been walking for many many hours through this terrain.
I am tired. I miss home. Contact is, at the best of times, one way.

I shall sleep on the footsteps tonight.

Tomorrow, yes tomorrow, I shall know if the view from up is as good as they it is.
Tomorrow shall be the hardest part of the journey.
But I have to do it. Because it is there. Waiting. And because I know I can do it.

 

[Asher Kelman]

long Journey. It has been my dream.
I have walked long and hard through rain and slush. Over rocks, thorn infested wasteland.

Today I have been walking for many many hours through this terrain.I am tired. I miss home. Contact is, at the best of times, one way. I shall sleep on the footsteps tonight. Tomorrow, yes tomorrow, I shall know if the view from up is as good as they it is. Tomorrow shall be the hardest part of the journey. But I have to do it. Because it is there. Waiting. And because I know I can do it.

Fahim,

Of course, when I see this I recall all the pictures you have taken in the snow covered Alps, the Atlas Mountains and the high plains and mountains of the Himalayas. I see at the base the local people and the folk that support exhibitions or house family members below even the base camps. The folk who climb, love the thrill of seeing mountains penetrate the heavens as if they can climb into a holy realm while alive. It's always a great risk but the payoff is an amazing beauty. No doubt, the low oxygen helps with all sorts of daydreaming and fantasies. But for those who wait for them to return, it's another matter.


I wonder about the post processing of the foreground. I'd have imagined that letting it be much softer, even decreasing the contrast and clarity as it recedes towards the mountains, would be another way to see this. Currently, I feel the foreground grasses have become rigid from sharpening and contrast. But, perhaps that's how they are in the cold.


Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

Asher, thank you for your usual and, for me, always welcome benefit of your insights.

Your suggestions remind me of Alan Quatemain when I was young, and the illustrations to be found in them.

Books I read at that time did not contain photographs but were hand painted illustrations or ink sketches!!

Best regards.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Asher, thank you for your usual and, for me, always welcome benefit of your insights.

Your suggestions remind me of Alan Quatemain when I was young, and the illustrations to be found in them.

Books I read at that time did not contain photographs but were hand painted illustrations or ink sketches!!

Best regards.

Abraham had two sons and was tested with one on a huge mountain and the other in the desert. Now we are still trying to discover what's in the mountains and whats below them. We look for beauty in these hard places and our spirits are tested to the limits and then we are within breaths of holiness.

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

Abraham had two sons and was tested with one on a huge mountain and the other in the desert. Now we are still trying to discover what's in the mountains and whats below them. We look for beauty in these hard places and our spirits are tested to the limits and then we are within breaths of holiness.

Asher

Good morning mr. Asher.
Very well said.

my best wishes 2 wendy and urself.
ayesha.