Archive for the ‘Branches’ Category
yesterday’s sunset
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, sunset, trees on March 24, 2014| 10 Comments »
the black bird
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, bird, Branches, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, trees on March 15, 2014| 6 Comments »
hot off the press: branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, art, beauty, books, Branches, Inspiration, landscape, nature, New England, Photography, trees on March 12, 2014| 3 Comments »
When I wrote the photo essay Branching Thoughts at the end of last year for Creativity-Portal.com I made some promises that I actually wasn’t sure I was going to keep, about being disciplined and stop putting off until tomorrow what I could conceivably do today. I love trees. I’ve always written about trees and once I picked up a camera I began photographing them, especially the branches. I’ve finally put together a big book of branches, a 108-page collection of images taken across Massachusetts. It is available as a soft cover book or PDF for $8.95. Click on any of the images below to check it out.
Branches Cover by Cynthia Staples
wonderfully out of focus
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Branches, colors, Inspiration, light, musings, nature, Photography, prose on February 23, 2014| 3 Comments »
through two panes of old glass
rippled and bubbled
branches on display, barely lit by the setting sun
while reflected in the glass light from the lamp indoors
my camera in that moment out of focus
but my sight as I sat in a chair across the room
admiring such complex layers of light and life
quite clear quite clear
real trees …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, Eric Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs, Inspiration, landscape, Middlesex Fells Reservation, music, nature, perspective, Photography, trees, winter, youtube on February 19, 2014| 2 Comments »
trees standing tall in the Fells
trees in shadow upon the ground
and the music that inspired as I decided which sylvan images to post
a tree in a leaf
Posted in Branches, tagged abstract, blue sea glass, colors, cuban oregano, Inspiration, nature, Photography, sea glass on February 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
Actually a single leaf of cuban oregano resting upon blue sea glass. After the mini-photo shoot, the leaf made its way into some soup and the rock returned to a bowl in the hallway to rest with a few other rocks of many hues.
and the oak still lures me away …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, blue, Branches, colors, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography, winter on February 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
peering up in back bay …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged Back Bay, blue, colors, Copley Square, Inspiration, John Hancock Building, Photography, urban landscape on February 3, 2014| 7 Comments »
a dark series in monday morning light
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, serenity on January 27, 2014| 4 Comments »
When I first went up the stairs there were no shadows cast on the wall, no dark silhouettes in the air. Then the sun peeked out for just a short while lighting up my little corner of the world.
a lavender light
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, herbs, Inspiration, lavender, light, Photography on January 25, 2014| 4 Comments »
I have a mouse in my house. Of course, most likely more than one at this time of year. But there’s at least one that I know of who likes to nibble at the herbs and other plants I have in various containers about the kitchen and in hallways. He loves to dig into the roots of the sage and nibble at the leaves of mesclun. He ignores the fenugreek, thyme, oregano and rosemary, although on occasion I’ve seen evidence that he has peeked into their pots. The lavender he seems to ignore completely. The bed of dirt remains untouched and the leaves uneaten. It is the one plant, aside from the African violet, that thrives this winter. The pot sits next to a western facing window. And it is the silhouette of the lavender leaves and branches against the setting sun that I captured in this photo.
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