This variety of willow (that I’m not entirely sure of…) is one of my favorite early spring “poppers”. Its tight catkins burst into fireworks-like explosions of fuzzy yellow wonderfulness.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 640, f/14, 1/320″ exposure.
The willows along our neighbor’s fenceline are popping! I caught this trio in between rain showers this afternoon.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1600, f/13, 1/500″ exposure
Bark curls from a cracked birch trunk.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 66mm, ISO 800, f/8, 1/60″ exposure
Morning sunlight illuminates a curl of birch bark.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 160, f/1.8, 1/2500″ exposure
Beech trees are some of the last to drop their leaves—even holding on to them through the winter as they bleach to papery white.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 800, f/1.8, 1/3200″ exposure
Young beech trees march off into the distance…
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/1250″ exposure
Ralph Towers’s pumpkin crop was a pretty good one. Not a lot of pumpkins, but big. Some bared the dimples of a early summer hailstorm…
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO500, f/1.8, 1/4000″ exposure
Something about leaves in change really gets to me…
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 800, f/40, 1/200″ exposure
The sumac is brightening fast. This branch is along the Main Road in Huntington Center.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 125, f/1.8, 1/1600″ exposure.
John Hadden Photography 