My online journal sharing interests in photography, nature, coffee life, journaling, fountain pens, bicycling, spirituality and asking deep questions.
Wikipedia states that a weed is any plant that is considered by the user of the term to be a nuisance. To some this field is considered a nuisance while I think it is a work of art. I also like how the wind is blurring some of the flowers.
I came across a good read and wanted to pass this along.
I like how nature can grab my attention with color. It does not have to be a brilliant color but one that pops out within the frame. There are many reasons leaves will turn yellow. One is a lack of adequate light. When plants become shaded by other plants or by branches higher up on the same plant, the chlorophyll fades away and the leaves yellow. They also change colors because they are not able to maintain adequate levels of the green pigment, chlorophyll. For me it does not matter as long as I enjoy the beauty it presents.
… that determines the strokes we make. I say that because today I realize most of my images over the past 3 months have been macro related. There are lots of flowers, leaves, raindrops, insects. I can attribute some of that to Spring and the new growth we are witnessing. I can also attribute it to the Canon G12 and it’s easy access to the macro mode. Therefore it’s been the brush I’ve been using.
Today is my youngest sisters birthday, so Happy Birthday Sheree!
This past January, RealtyTrac®, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, released its Year-End 2010 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows a total of 3,825,637 foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — reported on a record 2,871,891 U.S. properties in 2010. This bank office building was not one of them.
“None of Nature’s landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild.” – John Muir Our National Parks, (1901), page 4.
I had no clue what this leaf is but my wise and awesome sister, Sheree, actually both my sisters are wise and awesome, suggested it was an ash leaf. After a bit of prodding around on the internet, I think she is right again. 🙂 Anyway, staying with my theme of studying nature I want to emphasize the fine detail nature creates. A close look shows the intricate design in each of it’s creation, each with it’s own purpose. The details abound in nature.
These little buggers were all over the place. I found hundreds of these cicadas while on the same walk as yesterday’s image of the honeysuckle. There was not a sound from any of them as they rested among the shade. For me, a native of Colorado, I thought they were a locust of some sort but after asking around I discovered they’re called a cicada. A quick look at Wikipedia tells me they are an insect with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. Pretty descriptive of what I saw. After learning what they were I remember listening to them at my grandmother’s house when I was a young boy. While taking this image one of them landed on my camera strap and just hung around with me for a while.