Garden Bench

Posted by Laurie (New Jersey, United States) on 6 November 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This is another shot from Breuer Hill - built c. 1800 in Princeton's Battlefield-Stony Brook Settlement Historic District. I just love benches. I do spend more time photographing them than actually sitting on them.

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Comments (45)

dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa

Agree wholeheartedly about the benches - and this one looks like a really old but real quality one. Lovely contrasting colours with the sun adding that little extra touch.

6 Nov 2008 5:24am

rem_la from Villiers, France

un joli banc, ou il doit faire bon révasser !

6 Nov 2008 5:41am

jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand

Looks like a nice sunny place to have a rest.

6 Nov 2008 5:48am

Brian from Lynnwood, United States

The bench stand out well and the composition shows a lot of peace!

6 Nov 2008 5:49am

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

I want to sit on that bench, lovely shot.

6 Nov 2008 6:27am

Arash from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

nice composition, great polace.

6 Nov 2008 6:50am

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

What a nice place! I'd like to have a seat there too. :-)

6 Nov 2008 8:10am

Nina from Hamburg, Germany

What a lovely place to relax, so peaceful and so sunny... a wonderful image, Laurie!

6 Nov 2008 9:16am

MontereyJohn from Salinas, California, United States

How inviting. Light and shadow really nice. Exposure is perfect, no blow out despite the natural contrast. Well done.

6 Nov 2008 11:19am

Anna.C from France

nice capture, a quiet place , a good exposure ! I love benches too !

6 Nov 2008 12:55pm

Mário Silva from Lisbon, Portugal

Huauuuu!!!

I love this photo!!! A moment and colors are great. Congratulations

6 Nov 2008 1:56pm

Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand

Yes, they always make a great picture even when people are sitting on it ;) Great composition and the light fall is beautiful especially the shadow play on the tree!

6 Nov 2008 2:52pm

Giovanni from Milan, Italy

Lovely shot! Great clarity and light!

6 Nov 2008 3:07pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Looks like a very peaceful spot to go "sit a spell" as we say down South.

6 Nov 2008 4:48pm

Francesc B. from région parisienne, France

A beautiful bench where it must be pleasant to rest under this magnificent and majestic tree...
Happy birthday to Jon !

6 Nov 2008 4:58pm

Veronelle from Lens, France

serenity place

6 Nov 2008 5:46pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Silence moment.

6 Nov 2008 5:54pm

Yvonne S. from Tilburg, Netherlands

let's go to the parc....

6 Nov 2008 6:22pm

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

very nice and simple shot

6 Nov 2008 6:57pm

Volodia from Mississauga, Canada

Nice shot. I like the dark greens and that darkness behind the tree. But the bench really make this photo.

6 Nov 2008 8:32pm

Jasp from Plymouth, United Kingdom

We often have benches donated by local people here... usually because they spent much time enjoying the view and leave a bench a remembrance.

6 Nov 2008 9:04pm

@Jasp: I think the same is true here. I did see plaques on several of the pieces of garden furniture but I didn't read them.

Oly B from Lyon, France

Nice picture. Beautiful atmosphère !

6 Nov 2008 10:23pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

I'd love to be sitting under that tree in right now. Beautiful shot Laurie.

7 Nov 2008 12:17am

amos from Jerusalem, Israel

The shading is great.. Shows how great lighting can make any picture much better.

7 Nov 2008 12:36am

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Beautiful solitude and shadows

7 Nov 2008 1:07am

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

2 strong archetypes beautifully put together, a bench and a tree.

7 Nov 2008 1:10am

Jeffster from Long Island, United States

Very nice lighting. The larger image looks a little sharper than the smaller one (compression)?

7 Nov 2008 2:13am

@Jeffster: Thanks...AM3 doesn't load the same quality image that I upload. It reduces the quality and file size. I now upload a different size version on AM3 from my other blog. AM3 max size seems to be 800 on the horizontal. On my other blog I set the size and recently changed it to accept 1050 on the horizontal. But no matter what the size and quality of image I upload to AM3 it is then altered by AM3 to a lower quality. It didn't seem at all noticeable when I posted the same size images to both sites even though the AM3 image that appears is lower res than what I uploaded to both.

Having said all that, it seems more likely to me that it is just easier to see the finer detail in a larger image. If you look at my archives from both sites before I changed the size format on my original blog, I cannot see any real difference between the two even though the file is altered during upload to AM3 and the one on my original site is the same resolution and quality that I upload directly to my FTP server.

JJ from Jersey City, United States

I to like shots of benches and this is a great one, lovely lighting and colors, looks like a nice place to sit and relax

7 Nov 2008 2:15am

John Maslowski from Dallas,PA, United States

Such solitude, a lovely peaceful looking place. Great shot Laurie, really like the mood you captured here.

7 Nov 2008 3:16am

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

this is just gorgeous Laurie! a perfectly wonderful setting with stunning light! beautiful shadows -- peaceful and atmospheric!

7 Nov 2008 3:50am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Nice shot Laurie, I like how the bench stands out in the picture!

7 Nov 2008 4:04am

One from Açores, Portugal

A very beautiful composition. The effect of that on me, watching this picture is going to sit on the bench. Really inviting!.

7 Nov 2008 4:14am

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

A peaceful spot to listen and watch.

7 Nov 2008 4:45am

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

What a sweet place to sit with a book and a cup of coffee.

7 Nov 2008 4:50am

Siam from Chaingrai, Thailand

The wood for this to rest, or check méditier under a tree, very poètique this shots

7 Nov 2008 6:20am

KIJI from valenciennes, France

Beautiful :)

A good place to read a book peacefully

7 Nov 2008 9:22am

Rags from Plano, United States

The image makes me want to go there and have a sit.

7 Nov 2008 3:31pm

Monte Stevens from Fort Collins, United States

Simplicity! I too enjoy benches and at one time gave myself the assignment to shoot and post one bench everyday for a month. I made a trip to San Francisco that month and included all those I saw there. Well done!

7 Nov 2008 5:36pm

@Monte Stevens: Thanks. That sounds like a great assignment to do. I have another favorite bench shot coming up in a few days. It is one from a park that I go to often and have shot several times in different weather conditions and times of the year.

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

This one is really nice. I'd like to seat there, with a good book, or only to dream…

7 Nov 2008 7:39pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

nice simple and sweet photo. :)

7 Nov 2008 11:10pm

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Wonderful light, colours and composition. You would normally think that more content would be necessary to come up with a really satisfying image. It seems that "less is more" in this case, though. Beautifully done, then!

8 Nov 2008 6:23am