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05.05.2021-2 Wordless Wednesday- Skunk Cabbage Edition
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That green is so full of life! 🙂
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One of the many greens of spring. 🙂
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So crisp and fresh!
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The leaves are rather attractive, especially in the spring.
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Mmmmmm, smells great! And I like the photo, too.
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One of those two statements is probably ironic. I hope I know which is which. 🙂
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You got a lot in focus.
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f/16 and be there. A little soft in the back but not too bad.
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Great composition in green!
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Thank you, Peter!
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Beautifully composed to capture its sinuosity, Steve.
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Thanks, Eliza. That’s two sinuosities in one day. Mike said that about the cascade which is interesting as both shots happened within a few feet and minutes of each other. Maybe I should display them together. 🙂
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Very Nice Steve! Great Image!
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Thanks, Reed. Finding the right composition was a bit of fun.
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Love those curves!
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It is everywhere that’s wet and a few places that are not and has never been a plant that I gave much thought to once the flowering has ended but that was my bad. The leaves really do offer some interesting shapes and patterns.
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Absolutely, they do. Great for black and white, too.
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Yes. There is another plant that grows nearby, False Hellebore-Veratrum viride, that is very nice for black and white and I’ll be doing some of that soon once they get a little bigger and more lush. Here’s a color shot of it before the leaves get bigger and overlap which is what makes for something more graphic.
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Ah, I should have scrolled first. Had I then I’d know that you are familiar with the plant and commented back then. 🙂
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This is wonderful. It brought to mind the browning and curled lotus leaf I photographed: two seasons, two quite different leaves. I was noticing last week that the world finally is beginning to have that ‘green’ scent of summer, and this photo makes the scent visible.
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Well, better the scent of green than that of skunk which emanates if a leaf is broken. The way leaves contort as they dry is fascinating.
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Lovely pic but I’m not familiar with the plant. Is it edible? And does it smell bad like the name suggests?
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If the leaf is broken then, yes, it does smell something like its namesake. It is considered medicinal in some uses and the leaves and roots can be boiled and eaten according to what I have read. I do not forage so have no personal experience with it.
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Nice one. Not sure how much of it there is in N. England but I’ll watch out for it. 🙂 Cheers, Steve.
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Thanks! Skunk cabbage is quite widespread in wet areas all over New England.
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