Thursday
Aug302012
Fleeting
August 30, 2012 
Fleeting - I thought. Like the summer.
It was - just yesterday - beginning...and now here we - at summer's end.
I missed it - I thought. That perfect shot..that perfect day..that perfect moment. It happened so fast..and now - it's passed.
Or - on second thought - Perhaps I didn't miss it at all. Perhaps - I captured it just as it was. Like this moment. Like this flash. Imperfectly perfect..and perfectly not so.
Too hot and too cool. Too dry and too wet. Much much too fast..and sometimes too slow. One minute here..the next minute not.
Reader Comments (41)
This is simply breathtaking--your composition is completely unexpected but perfect!! Wow!
A beautiful capture Marcie! Fabulous indeed.
You did...you 'captured it just as it was'.....a perfect blessing on the passing of summer. The photo is just a great match.
Fleeting is how so much of it is. We wait for it, anticipate it, it comes, and then it's gone. Fleeting. Time. Events. Rendezvouses.....
I love this. The moment captured. The fleeting moment... It's perfection.
Yes, imperfectly perfect -- what a wonderful way to express it! Great capture!
Excellent cadrage, j'aime beaucoup cette dynamique du mouvement et de l'eau reliée.
Superb action shot. What a wonderful scene left to the imagination…
spot on capture, and very well composed and framed too
This is hilariously funny, adn a perfect timing. I love it.
yes, what a perfect capture Marcie! I'm experiencing these final summer days in the same way...
If you look back on all the photographs you took this Summer, you'll be happy to see you captured it all very well Marcie :-)
Perfection...wow! What a capture...both in words and in image. Lovely!
It might have gone a bit too fast, but it was a rather perfect summer, heat and all. Love the heron, taking flight. You sure didn;t miss a great photo op with this one! You nailed it.
True, if you like to have the bird IN the picture you missed, but as I see it also your own through it is truely THE picture because it shows the movement, the moment and the thoughts (water) I love it!!! Thank for showing
Nice catch, great timing :)
Perfect title for an end of summer shot. And great shot!
hahahaha....great moment you captured here Marcie!!
You take such amazingly beautiful photos of birds. Now I also see that you take amazingly beautiful photos of where birds used to be.
What an amazing image to illustrate the fleeting nature of, well, everything. I love the way you have captured the skimming of the water and the flying droplets - a record of flight beginning.
Excellent image - beautifully timed!
Very nice Marcie. Very nice.
You captured the essence of summer fleeting in this superb photo Marcie... now hopefully we can have a perfect Autumn to capture before the snow flies.
Thank you for your comment today.... this was the nineth of ten photo in a series that Penny took during her journey with my sisters up our Pacific coast north of Vancouver a few weeks ago... it was an horour to share them with our friends around the world....peter:)
What a wonderful image this is!
An incredible capture! I'm ready for fall!!
Great combination of words and picture.
What a fantastic way to show how time flies!
It's perfect!
And so is the title.
A perfect moment in time :-)
Brilliant and innovative framing, perfect for your end of Summer post!
For some reason, this image brought a HUGE smile. As you say - 'Perfectly imperfect!' Love it!!!
Almost got away! That's what I try to do when a camera is trained on me. :-)
I love the motion here! Incredible.
Great to see the usual caught in such and unusual way. Good shot.
Simply gorgeous!
Wow.... Isn't that something. What an interesting view. Love the speed and framing here.
if it were me, i'd probably just delete this right of the bat.. but with your words i sorta regret doing so.. :D
Amazing capture! A blink of an eye, yet revealing so much! I like all those drops and patterns created by this movement.
So incredibly fantastic!
Ooooo, what an extremely beautiful minimalism
A picture perfect metaphor