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11.30.2022 Wordless Wednesday-This bears repeating
This entry was posted in Black and White, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts and tagged Black and White photography, intimate landscape, landscape, lichen covered trees, Massachusetts, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, western massachusetts. Bookmark the permalink.
Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
Lichens enliven our photographs.
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I am always happy to include them.
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Nice monochrome, Steve, lichens is always a pleasure to see. From the title, I almost was expecting to see a treed bear, hehe!
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Thanks, Eliza! I wish there had been one. 🙂
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The ‘bridge’ connecting the single tree with the trio is a nice touch.
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If the bridge had stayed away from the edge it would have been better keeping attention in the center but I liked the scene despite that distractive quality of the two forks on the edge.
And on a completely different subject but involving forks…
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I’ve never heard of The Two Ronnies — funny, how we can completely miss things in life. Actually, the most amusing thing I found was their Wiki entry, which says, “The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. It was created by Bill Cotton and aired on BBC1 from April 1971 to December 1987.” That must have been a neat trick.
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I am happy to have introduced you to them. Andrew (All downhill from here) is responsible for my knowing about them.
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Nice B&W image Steve! Like the branches connecting the trees as a group!
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Thanks, Reed!
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Great texture on those tree trunks. But I don’t see the bear?!
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I didn’t mean for confusion…I posted something similar a few years back.
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Oh I was just kidding around
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Fantastic monochrome image, Steve. Great texture and repeating pattern, as your title suggests- I, too, thought I’d see a bear. 🙂
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Thanks, Jane! I didn’t mean to mislead but it does keep the viewer looking at the image for a while. 🙂
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Superb idea to use black-and-white! The lichen detail really “pops”. This scene really has me wanting to explore further.
I can’t believe no one has been able to see the bear.
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There is a lot beyond here as this is the north end of the watershed. Thanks, Wally. I will admit that I was influenced bya photograph by Eliot Porter. Although in color and without the prominence of lichens, the overall composition makes it my favorite Porter.
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Bears are superb at disguise.
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Nice job bringing out all the contrast in the lichens – they really pop out from the background.
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Thanks, Dave! Cloudy days are good for contrasts like this creating dark woods in the background..
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Very simple but so effective. I like this one. Nicely done.
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Thanks, Todd! Simple is often better. As a simple guy I like that idea. 🙂
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Fabulous texture in those trees, really shows the lichens well. You’ve reminded me of the trees at my childhood home which had lots of lichen on them.
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I used to spend summers in my grandchildhood 🙂 at my grandparents’ cabin in the mountains and remember being fascinated by the various things that grew on trees including lichens and mosses.
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Sounds like a special place to spend time as a child.
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