Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Hansel & Gretel
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 24 April 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
I discovered this little house in the snow whilst walikng through the woods in the French alpine ski town of Courchevel.
I did look for the trail of breadcrumbs but the birds must have eaten them all.
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@Putter: Thanks Putter!
@Ana Lúcia: Thanks Ana!
@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine.....
I know you love your writing as much as your photography and wondered if you had come across the poetry of Dante Alighieri.
This is an extract from "The Divine Comedy". I thought you might like it.
Inferno: Canto I
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say
What was this forest savage, rough, and stern,
Which in the very thought renews the fear.
So bitter is it, death is little more;
But of the good to treat, which there I found,
Speak will I of the other things I saw there.
I cannot well repeat how there I entered,
So full was I of slumber at the moment
In which I had abandoned the true way.
But after I had reached a mountain's foot,
At that point where the valley terminated,
Which had with consternation pierced my heart,
Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders,
Vested already with that planet's rays
Which leadeth others right by every road.
Then was the fear a little quieted
That in my heart's lake had endured throughout
The night, which I had passed so piteously. ......
@timothy: Thanks Timothy!
@Alun Lambert: Thanks Alun!
@Viewfinder: Thanks for that.....lovely words aren't they!
@MadScientist: Thanks!
This was one of the more modest houses that I photographed in Courchevel....it was the location that fascinated me and the way that the building was in such harmony with it's surroundings. There's no story that I know of to tell you apart from the fact that I've rarely been anywhere so quiet and with such a strong feeling of being inside a fairytale.
The deep snow and the nightime woodland setting all combined to leave a deathly hush and it was certainly one of those special moments where you can feel the hairs stand up on the back of your neck!
@Observing: Thanks very much....I'm really pleased that you liked it!
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael...interesting shadows from all the tree branches are'nt they!
@michelle: Thanks Michelle!
@Levine: Thanks Levine....it was a very confined space in amongst the trees which added to the sense of intimacy.
@amy: Thanks Amy!
@sherri: Thanks Sherri!
@Lorraine: I have to hold my hand up and say I haven't read the whole thing either but the beautiful imagery struck me immediately. Enough to make you want to learn Italian.
Nikon D40
1/30 second
F/1.4
ISO 900
45 mm (35mm equiv.)
