Unlike the claim I made for Atherton Brook images, I won’t say these are the last. They are pretty hard to resist and there is always something a little different. Subtleties don’t always get notice though.
Two heads are better than one
Forest light
And Junior is all grown up.
I walked a favorite location this morning where in the past I would photograph several Yellow Lady’s Slippers. Sadly, only one appears to be blooming this year. Good hike though which is why we go out in the first place.
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That Painted Trillium is beautiful too, I’ve never seen one
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This shows it everywhere, so to speak, in New York. I hope you get to see a few. They are gorgeous.
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Someday when I’m in your part of the world, I would enjoy taking a walk with you. I know I would learn a lot.
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We’d both learn. It never ends. I am sure we’d enjoy spending time together. You never know. My brother lives in Fairfax, so if I ever can steel myself to fly again it may happen.
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We would. And I do hope you make it out here. There’s a lot to see and I would be happy to show you.
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Guess I have to get traveling in my blood. Linda and Steve in Texas and you and my brother in California as well as Lynn in the PNW. This year we are going to Acadia, but next year….
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Listen to the Elvin Bishop song “Travelin’ Shoes” and you’ll get in the mood. Travel is easy if you follow these simple steps: Switch off your personal dignity as you enter the departure airport and then turn it back on again as you leave the arrival airport.
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Despite not traveling much, I do enjoy watching some of the photography vlogs on YouTube. Those folks do get around and I envy their travels.
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Yeah butcha know, ya hadda be there
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Yep, that’s the key ingredient to all shots. 🙂
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Forest light is a pleasant light.
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It’s my favorite, although a nice morning sunrise (what other kind is there?) can be quite exciting. A foreshadowing of tomorrow’s post.
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Do the twisted leaves of the lady’s slipper lengthen as the plant matures? Or might it be just a variation among plants? I noticed that the leaves of the yellow one seem much longer than those of the plants with the pink flowers. Those green pine needles are a nice little grace note, too: a reminder that spring isn’t happening only on the ground.
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Those are sepals, Linda. Not all lady’s slippers have them as prominent as these.The pink leaves are basal while the yellows grow on the stem. Ha! Now I have an excuse to post another showing that. 🙂 Yes, spring is everywhere. Those green needles on the ground are for the most part courtesy of the recent winds.
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That’s right. I remember you telling me that last year. Maybe next season I’ll remember — or not!
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What incredible beauties they are! One reservation – the first photo, for me, feels too defined and saturated. I find myself wondering what it would look like in black and white, or softened somehow. But maybe the flowers would not show up well then. The last photo, with its more restricted palette, appeals to me more….but to each their own, right? 🙂
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Yep, individual interpretation but this isn’t far off from how it was, Lynn. I may try it in black and white as I have a series I work on processing flowers in monochrome. Sometimes, especially I have found with Painted Trilliums, the more colorful as delightful as they are work quite well converted.
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Lovely, every single one of them. I really hope Jr. returns for you.
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Ah, thanks for looking, Eliza. It would be nice but at least I have this picture. 🙂 I’ll be looking for the others soon, maybe today even. Got to make the most of this down time as it looks like I’ll be going back to work next week or soon thereafter.
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Lovely!
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Thank you!
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