We’ve had a couple of foggy starts to our days recently and this morning was another. It has actually stayed foggy in spots all day although there is a hint of sunshine as a chaser. I’ve been thinking of this tree for a while and today seemed to be the right time.
Hanks Meadow, Quabbin
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It’s like a negative of a ice impression or maybe a foliose lichen. Beautiful Steve.
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I like the foliose lichen idea, Andrew. Thanks.
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Foggy goodness~ well put 🙂
Is this an ash?
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I also liked “foggy goodness.”
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It is good, isn’t it? I am enjoying some foggy goodness this morning as it drifts through my garden.
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I suppose that’s better than having your garden drift through the foggy goodness. Your plants might not drift back into their proper places.
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They tend to do that anyway. It is definitely a garden with a mind of its own.
The fog has intensified with the hours. Bliss!
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I do like me some fog, Melissa. Sugar maple I am pretty sure.
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Oh, yes, probably.
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I have ash skeletons on my mind, as we have a lot of them in our area now. I never noticed them with leaves on but naked they are hard to ignore.
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I am fairly sure, but will go back and examine the fallen leaves just to be certain.
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I was surprised by the number of broken branches I saw in the enlargements. I wonder if the space on the left is evidence of the loss of a larger limb. it’s such a lovely tree — the fine limbs/branches almost look feathery.
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If it is from a loss, it would be an old one as the tree looks pretty solid. They do sometime grow a little asymmetric if a twig was broken early on. I think trees are lovely at all times, but leafless really lets their structure show itself off well. Seen like this, it reminds of the patterns water makes in sand as it flows. It’s curious how the many tributaries that make up a stream can be recreated as the stream flows out onto the beach or delta plain.
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I’d love a day that stayed foggy so I could go out and play (photographically).
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I knew what you meant and agree…fog is our friend.
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I can certainly see why this tree was on your mind, it’s gorgeous! I love the shape of it and all those beautiful branches. The detail in this image is amazing, including those wispy trees in the background. Love it.
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Thanks, IK. The tree does make a lovely silhouette. I like it much better without foliage although it does look nice in other seasons.
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By the way: have you ever experimented with pushing the Clarity slider way to the left to create a foggy effect in a picture that doesn’t have any real fog?
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Yes and no, Steve. I have done left slides with clarity, but not to create fog. I’ll enhance it that way or also build a bit more softness in areas combined with the gradient n.d. tool in ACR.
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