Posts Tagged ‘nature’
a stone from the shore
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged colors, geography, Inspiration, nature, Photography, Revere Beach, stones on July 21, 2014| 5 Comments »
white black gold
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged black paper, colors, Inspiration, landscape, musings, nature, Photography, unexpected delight, white butterflies on July 20, 2014| 1 Comment »
Today I saw three white butterflies tussling in the air. It was an unexpected delight of a sight as I raced past an open window. No camera did I have nor did I need. It was better for me to just pause, and feel the breeze, as I watched such a beautiful dance. Afterwards I sat with a piece of black paper and a white pencil and sketched them while mostly thinking of a young friend who is now 6 and about to turn 16 who recently asked, “what do you do with black paper?” The butterflies were fine for me but not good enough to post. But … I did recently take a walk with my camera and captured this little golden fellow resting on a green leaf. So, after all those words, it is his image that I’ll share. Enjoy, and may we all have a good week.
a flower along commonwealth avenue
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston Back Bay, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on July 18, 2014| 1 Comment »
scenes from one year ago …
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.
if the Sun were to star in a Wagnerian opera …
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.
the vacant lot is now a garden
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.
a robin in the woods
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, birds, hiking, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nesting, Photography, robin on July 8, 2014| 1 Comment »
found a rainbow, too
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, beauty, colors, landscape, light, nature, Photography, rainbow on July 7, 2014| 2 Comments »
water at the arnold arboretum
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, colors, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, water on July 7, 2014| 5 Comments »
ephemeral beauty
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.
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