Going kind of minimalist on you all today. The late afternoon sunlight yesterday created subtle shadows and colors on the fresh snowfall in our front field. This about catches the mood.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 37mm, ISO 800, f/9, 1/500″ exposure.
We went down to Shelburne yesterday to check out an interesting exhibit of rug-hooked renderings of Tarot cards at the All Souls Interfaith center (highly recommended!) Afterwards we drove down to the Shelburne town beach to catch the view. As one might expect from this winter, the lake was wide open. I liked the way the slips of ice had covered the rocks in the foreground.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 14mm, ISO 400, f/14, 1/100″ exposure.
A bit of a summer memory—this piece of dried hydrangea had been broken off by the weekend’s strong winds to cast its shadow on the fresh snow.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 46mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/80″ exposure.
While walking in the woods above Fargo Brook the other day, I came across quite a bit of this unusual flat-twisted barbed wire. I hadn’t come across it before.
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 14-140mm lens @ 34mm, ISO 400, f/4.5, 1/200″ exposure.
Looking at birch bark from a slightly different angle. Golden ratio anyone?
Panasonic Lumix GM5, Lumix 30mm macro prime, ISO 200, f/2.8, 1/1600″ 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.
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.
John Hadden Photography 