Don’t you love the sunlight glowing and glistening through the petals of the flower, and highlighting the fur and shiny eyes of this intrepid explorer?
Peeping over the edge. Will he fly or will he stay a bit longer? - Spring 2012
Hello World
Shiny new leaves, rusty old post
Hmm. A friend said I like contrasts like this. I think he may be right. I love the contrast of the shiny leaves, newly opened to the world, climbing up the weathered, rusty post which has been standing its ground since some farmer planted it there so many years ago. It also makes me smile to think about how it appears that the post is sprouting new leaves for the spring!
Virginia Creeper - Spring 2012
Soft and New
It’s early spring and the soft, new shoots and flowers are stretching up toward the blue sky and the warm sun.
Stil pristine and unmarked, this small, yellow flower shows off in its new fuzz - Spring 2012
Spring Green Glow!
The glowing, yellow-green of spring leaves – Chartreuse – The color makes me feel a glow inside. I made this shot my monitor’s desktop wallpaper so I can look at it daily.
Soft, new fuzz on the edges - And can you feel the flow of sap through the veins?
Nearly Spent
This magic wand has been shedding little magical sparks. Just three are left. But see the magic glowing all around?
In the Midst of Magic
Magic Wand!
Did the humble dandelion ever serve you, or your children, as a magic wand? It is so satisfying to see the sparkling fluffs fly off like sparks of magic as you wave your wand and run through the field or across the lawn into your own, private, magical world.
Two little magic sparks ready to fly off
Common Treasure
I love this glowing, golden flower. So many people consider them weeds, but children know. From the golden yellow dust that children can rub on their skins, through the white milk they ooze when picked, to the magical, fluffy seed heads, these are some of the most fun plants around 🙂
Gold Dust
Powdered with gold dust, she glows in the sunlight.
Velvety Golden All Over - Summer 2011
Doesn’t she look soft? Don’t touch her, though, or you’re liable to rub that dust right off and leave her damaged and unable to fly as well as before.
Grass So New It Still Sparkles
Just what our pastures need, new grass!
Hope for the Horses - Winter 2012
If it is not growing in their manure, the horses will love this new grass – when I let them have access. If it is, they will eat all around it, but will avoid the dark green grass at all costs.
Hiding Place
He is nearly invisible, despite his glowing green color.
Who Is Hiding Here? - Summer 2011
He just looks like a part of the plant on which he is resting.
It is like meditating. I go out to take photos – usually drawn out by the beckoning sunlight, sometimes driven out by a need to create something – I first take a few shots and restlessly move on. Then it captures my attention –  it varies – and my attention becomes focused on it, I change angles, or slowly move closer, or think of the angle of the light or how the background contrasts with it. Sometimes those photos turn out as I imagine them, but often, in the quiet of truly focusing, I become aware of something else that I had not seen – would not have seen at my earlier pace – and that becomes the real photo shoot of the day. This little insect was one of those, in the summer of 2011. I didn’t see him until I was focusing on a dragonfly, what I thought was it, trying to ease closer and get a shot with all the elements right, background, the glint of light on its wings, the… Oh no, the dragonfly flew away! Then I saw the bright yellow flowers on their glowing green stems – and it. When I came out of the trance and went back to my computer to look at what I got, I was pleased with this shot 🙂
Does anyone else find themselves out of the everyday hustle and bustle, almost meditating while pursuing the shot?
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