As the sun rose above the trees this morning, shafts of light cut through the knife-thick humid air above Fargo Brook.
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 35mm, ISO 800, f/8, 1/160″ exposure.
Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana) is a vine that grows in open fields and forest fringes. Its feathery petals are unusual and wonderfully delicate. Can you spot the hidden yellow crab spider?
Nikon D600, Nikon 24-120mm lens @ 120mm, ISO 1250, f/4, 1/640″ exposure
Maidenhair fern grows in mature hardwood forests here in Vermont, especially where lime rich soils exist. There’s one spot on a favorite trail up in the woods behind our house where they grow, and a nearby rocky outcrop of gneisses and limestone are probably the reason why. I love the gentle curving pattern of these ferns and the delicacy of their fronds. This one is showing a bit of chill damage as the temps have been dipping into the mid 30s on recent nights.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 1250, f/1.8, 1/400″ exposure
I spend a lot of time doing macro photography. Consequently, I’m often wandering through the woods and fields with my eyes on the ground seeking out the small and hidden. Sometimes it’s good to look up. This shot was taken right above where I took yesterday’s shot of the Sisyphian mushroom.
Nikon D600, Nikon 18-35mm lens @ 18mm, ISO 1250, f/22, 1/50″ exposure.
This garden spider was waiting patiently in her web yesterday morning as the morning sun was just beginning to lift through the trees to the east. Sorry for the cross-post for those of you who visit my East Street Weather Blog, but I really like this shot and wanted to share it.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/4000″ exposure.
I stopped by a local farm stand to buy some sweet corn. This row of sunflowers was growing between a harrowed field and the road. I spoke with Henry, the farmer, and he said that these were “volunteers” that had popped up on their own after he’d harrowed in the field this spring.
Nikon D600, Nikon 50mm lens, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/3200″ exposure
A close crop of a marigold blossom in one of our upper vegetable gardens.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/3.8, 1/800″ exposure.
A line of dew drops reflect the the morning sunlight on this blade of grass out in our front field.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/6.3, 1/1600 second exposure.
The morning dew was heavy today, and this daisy fleabane blossom seems to have every millimeter of its surface covered with it—almost as if it had gotten the Fabergé treatment!
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 800, f/20, 1/250″ exposure.
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