Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, Charles River, Charles River Esplanade, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nature photography, Photography, surreal, water on July 10, 2014| 4 Comments »
… while peering into the Charles River.
I think I was tucked at the base of a bridge along the Esplanade trying to photograph fish, and then I thought, why not photograph the patterns forming in and on the water.
I have not been back to the river much at all. We’ll see what happens before this summer’s end.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged creativity, Creativity Portal, imagination, Inspiration, musings, nature, photo essay, Photography, shadow, sun on July 9, 2014| 3 Comments »
… well, I do believe there would be a supporting cast of shadows. With that seed planted, I hope you enjoy the following photo essay now available at Creativity-Portal.com: A Cast of Shadows.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, gardening, green, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, urban landscape, vacant lot on July 9, 2014| 2 Comments »
For the past few years, through the rippled glass, I have most often photographed a nearby vacant lot where dandelions would grow rampant.
But in time all things change.
In late spring, a new neighbor moved in and he has turned the field into a garden.
It is quite lush with green mounds of this, green hills of that and …
probably green peas spiraling up a new terrace made of string.
When the wind blows just right, I can catch a glimpse of gold squash blossoms.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, birds, hiking, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nesting, Photography, robin on July 8, 2014| 1 Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, beauty, colors, landscape, light, nature, Photography, rainbow on July 7, 2014| 2 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, colors, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, water on July 7, 2014| 5 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, dandelion, flowers, Inspiration, musings, nature, nature photography, Photography, plants, urban landscape on June 30, 2014| 7 Comments »
I’m not sure if it was a dandelion. The wispy head was the size of a softball. I’d never seen one so large before. There were, in fact, three growing on the side of the hill. I saw them as I raced to the train station. Running late, I couldn’t photograph them at the time. A few hours later, heading home, I saw that there was only this one remaining. The others had blown away.
This one’s placement on the hill was too high, and the plants around it too thorny, for me to get too close. I zoomed in as best I could but I could not brush away the grasses growing in front of it. Later, I considered deleting the image — it was not what I had expected — but something stayed my hand long enough to see the beauty of what I had captured, and which existed no more except in memory.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, broken, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography, sea uchin, shells on June 29, 2014| 4 Comments »
A young friend asked if she might see more of the broken piece alluded to in the previous post. And so for her, here it is.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, beauty, design, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, oceans, Photography, sea urchin, shells on June 28, 2014| 6 Comments »
The sea urchin shell was whole when I picked it up off the beach but I was too cavalier when I placed it in my bag. In the end, only one section was broken, and not lost. So, if I am careful, I can recreate the whole with barely perceptible, yet beautiful lines, marking the breaks.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract art, beauty, colors, feathers, Inspiration, nature, nests, Photography on June 25, 2014| 2 Comments »
a feather blew through the kitchen window to land upon a bottle on the floor
the house is surrounded by sparrows and blue jays and a baby robin I know I saw on the parking lot below
hawks fly past and pigeons dot roof tops and seagulls are like rats constantly on the prowl
but from which specific nest this bit of white fluff came, I’ll never know for sure
I can only imagine
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