We spent the Thanksgiving weekend with family in Saratoga Springs. While exploring the State Park, I came across these oak leaved as they were slowly being coated and encased by mineral deposits flowing out of one of the springs.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140m lens @ 61mm, ISO 400, f/5.2, 1/200″ exposure.
Cold temperature make for interesting ice formation. This pendulous pod of ice had built up on a twig just above the moving surface of Fargo Brook.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 88mm, ISO 200, f/9, 1/30″ exposure.
In this closer look at the milkweed pod I posted the other day, the silk bedecked seeds seem to be peeking out of their pod in anticipation of wind disbursing them.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/8, 1/125″ exposure.
In honor of Neil Young’s birthday (and my own!) I thought I’d entitle this photo appropriately… Moneywort fringing to the ginge on rusting metal along Fargo Brook.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 65mm, ISO 400, f/5.4, 1/60s exposure.
I’ve always been somewhat captivated by milkweed. From its tight buds in spring, to its cluster of intricate flowers in summer, to its pods busting in fall, it’s an interesting and important native plant. Its importance as a food source for Monarch butterflies is well known. This pod in our front field was in its final stage spilling its seeds to the wind.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/8, 1/125″ exposure.
A tightly packed Queen Anne’s lace seed head sports a mantle of frost in the early morning.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/1300″ exposure.
Beech trees are some of the late fall holdouts—keeping a tenacious grip on their leaves sometimes all the way through the winter. I love the way their leaves shift from green to gold to copper and then, sometimes, to ghostly bleached white in the wintertime.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 20mm lens, ISO 200, f/1.7, 1/6500″ exposure.
A walk in the woods this time of year is a very colorful experience!
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 14mm, ISO 800, f/14, 1/30″ exposure.
We were walking in the woods behind the house yesterday afternoon when we came across some uniquely veined maple leaves on the snow-dusted forest floor. One tree in particular had an inkling to stand out…
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 24mm, ISO 800, f/4.1 1/125″ exposure.
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