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Posts Tagged ‘nature photography’
thank you and happy new year!
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Belle Isle Marsh, Happy New Year, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, nature photography, Photography, Revere on December 31, 2013| 8 Comments »
an unexpected sight before sundown
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, Belle Isle Marsh, birds, Inspiration, kindness, nature, nature photography, owls, Photography, Revere, snowy owls on December 28, 2013| 16 Comments »
It was to be a short walk in the Belle Isle Marsh. I expected to capture sunlight on branches. The snowy owl in a tree was quite the surprise. Thanks to a kind stranger who pointed out the white spot and even let people borrow his binoculars for a better look.
a sliver of rainbow in the morning sky
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, colors, Inspiration, light, Massachusetts, nature, nature photography, Photography, rainbows, silhouettes, Somerville, trees on November 21, 2013| 4 Comments »
just leaves, and wonderfully so
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged autumn, colors, Inspiration, leaves, nature, nature photography, Oxfordshire, Photography, Steventon, The Causeway, walking, water on November 13, 2013| 13 Comments »
Leaves found while walking along along The Causeway in Steventon, Oxfordshire. You can read more about The Causeway here: http://www.steventon.info/Causeway.html
in copley square before the rains
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston, colors, Copley Square, feather, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography, water on September 10, 2013| 2 Comments »
where the jelly swam
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged astronomy, coastal, colors, imagination, Inspiration, manchester, nature, nature photography, Photography, seascape, water on September 9, 2013| 5 Comments »
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a function in Manchester, MA. A beautiful spot on the coast, with lots of sunlight dancing on water. 
With such white sparkle upon blue waves …
… I could not help but think of starry skies and their bright, colorful sweep across the universe.
a jelly in the harbor
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged colors, harbor, jellyfish, manchester, nature, nature photography, Photography, sealife, water on September 9, 2013| 7 Comments »
in light and shadow, a layering of trees
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, Inspiration, landscape, Middlesex Fells Reservation, nature, nature photography, outdoors, Photography, trees on August 14, 2013| 4 Comments »
“wait! i have to wash the frog off my hands first.”
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged amphibians, Duke Gardens, friendship, frogs, hiking, Inspiration, memories, Middlesex Fells Reservation, nature, nature photography, Photography, storytelling on August 12, 2013| 3 Comments »
Steve has a ritual. When he buys chicken or steak at the grocery store, he returns home to immediately separate the meat into smaller portions, prepares a marinade of red wine, soy sauce, garlic and black pepper that he then pours over the meat which he then freezes. And that’s what happened yesterday. After a short hike in the Middlesex Fells Reservation, we stopped by the grocery store on the way home. As he was about to prepare the meat, he shouted, “Wait! I have to wash the frog off my hands first.” Why would he shout such a thing? Well, because he was helping me corral frogs in the Fells. Not to keep for cooking or anything, just to photograph for Melissa.
Melissa loves frogs. For years, I’ve sent her all things frog related. Stickers, stamps, charms, etc. Rarely photographs. Though I’m glad frogs are in the world, normally I don’t feel a need to get close to them and rarely have I had an opportunity to photograph them like this weekend. They were popping up everywhere! As Steve and I chased the little critters around the woods, I kept telling him, “I’m doing this for Melissa. Only for Melissa would I be getting this close to this creature.” But when I spoke with Melissa this morning she reminded me that I apparently sparked her interest in frogs in college over twenty years ago.
“It’s true,” she said. “We were walking from Central Campus to the Quad, cutting through Duke Gardens. It was summertime and I remarked about the sound of the loudest crickets I’d ever heard in my life. You told me those weren’t crickets but frogs singing. Then you pointed them out to me, sitting by the edge of the pond. And then you went off on this lovely discourse about frogs, why they’re important in the world and how through song they were trying to … you know … get together and make babies. I’ve loved frogs ever since.”
Steve did manage to pick up this fellow and hold him in the palm of his hands, and thus the need to wash the frog off his hands. I don’t know if there will be anymore impromptu frog photography shoots, but I will try to remember to step more carefully through the Fells and I will treasure a lost memory regained.
in the landlord’s garden
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, gardens, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography on July 7, 2013| 3 Comments »
On my way home from work, I decided to detour through the landlord’s garden. I was a bit cautious because I know there’s a rat that calls the garden home. On occasion I’ve seen a rabbit nibbling at the greens. And there’s a neighbor’s cat that likes to nestle in the lavender. She must smell quite lovely when she returns home.
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