In Black and White

murray robertson Uncategorized June 16, 2022 1 Minute

In Black and White

   before they killed
      the house
they killed the trees

      its there in 
   black and white
the mess they made


      its more than 
black and white
many grey-tones

   fill a gap between
the black and white

there seem so many
shades in shadows


undistracted by colour
      we see more detail

room for different
   kinds of beauty

things we might
      not ever see

(in plain sight)
hiding in shadow

Published by murray robertson

I make photos to make myself feel good; I share in hope of making you feel good. I do as much as I can in the camera, but it does not always end there. Part of making an image in the 21st century is processing a captured image in the computer. This is like dodging and burning in the darkroom of yesterday. (I've done that.) I use Photoshop cc and Lightroom cc. The result is not always what I saw, maybe what I wish I saw. Sometimes, the resulting image is a creation more than a recording. Most of the time, I keep it believable and realistic. I have a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing. I have shared thousands of my poems on the internet, to a considerable audience and I'm considering making a selection of them, in a book or books. View all posts by murray robertson

Published June 16, 2022

5 thoughts on “In Black and White”

TasView (Tone) says:

June 16, 2022 at 11:32 am

Moving image and words, someone’s home and memories reduced to piles of sticks, before being carted away.

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1. murray robertson says:
  
  June 16, 2022 at 2:04 pm
  
  Thank you TasView(Tone)!
  
  This is my third or fourth try to reply.
  
  I think the remains of this old house, and its neighbours, have been trucked away by now.
  Its distressing and annoying to watch.
  
  And its miles away and with the phenomenal price of gasoline, I don’t go far without a good
  reason, these days. So my photo is weeks old.
  :-]
  
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  1. TasView (Tone) says:
    
    June 17, 2022 at 12:44 am
    
    Hobart is going through a knock it down, build it big phase so I know what you mean 😢 The University is intent on buying up half of Hobart and moving in. It will drastically change the city.
    
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  2. murray robertson says:
    
    June 17, 2022 at 5:55 am
    
    Thank you TasView(Tone)!
    
    Change, for sure! Can Hobart expand in other places? Grow into some other good place?
    🙂
    
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  3. TasView (Tone) says:
    
    June 17, 2022 at 10:58 am
    
    Hobart is built around the River Derwent and the surrounds are pretty hilly. Adding more suburbs further out – as we are doing – creates more traffic congestion. Public transport isn’t great here, we don’t have passenger trains anymore and the river is underutilised. You might say a failure of forward planning by successive governments.
    
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