As I scurried around, camera on tripod, in minus 9 degree temperatures, a voice behind me from the vinyard “taking some photos are you?” I turned, rather startled to see a smiling face blowing clouds of fog as he spoke. The powered shears he held in his hand put stop to any thoughts I might have of a customary handshake! We had barely seen glimpses of human? shapes amongst the fog covered vines as we drove by in our lovely warm van. After inviting me into the vinyard to take more photos he went back to his seemingly endless task of pruning the vines.
Up close and personal with a Great Blue Heron
©)Seth F.Weaver, Sr. 05/22/07. A mixed media of markers, washes, chalk, and computer. The vicious fire burns through the trees and scrub, clearing the land for new growth. God’s way of weeding His garden. Thanks for looking Seth.
And so to the obligatory toilet shot, an explore wouldnt be an explore without one really. This one is particularly good because it is adorned on the back of the door with a joking message about eating prunes, so its nice not to have the same old shot in ther. Thankfully the tiny hole in the board at the back of the image provides just enough light to take this picture. When taking photos around explores light is the biggest problem, with so many of the windows and doors boarded there is often situations where you have zero natural light in a room and have to rely on flashes, cigarette lighters and torches to provide the required light, which can be interesting to say the least! / / / See the rest of this site walk through / /
A weeping cherry tree shot @ night. /
the growing end of a limb of our huge Blue Spruce /
I used to be a tall, strong tree / The proudest that you’ll ever see / I offered shelter from the storm / I watched as each day was reborn But one cold day I fell asleep / When I felt the grinning death’s creep / In my slumber, through blackest dreams / Struggling vainly to silent screams I used to be a tall, strong tree / The proudest that you’ll ever see / But shelter I no longer share / My branches naked and laid bare. I used to be a tree. / Now I am no more. / —-—-—-—-—-—- / Taken at Parramatta Park, Sydney, Australia. “I Used To Be A Tree” is an original poetry that I made on 27/03/2008
Vine prunings in the world famous Coonawarra set into artistic sculptures.
Not sure if the Ibis was just admiring its’ feathers, or had an itch, or what? Taken in the wild in SW Florida.
Wild shy pelican / Perth / Western Australia Just remined me of the schools dances etc as a kid, when I girl I adored, was headed towards me I would sort of not notice and tried to make myself invisable. The butterflies would invade my stomach, my knees would go weak and when she said hello…............... I melted lol. I still do lol.
A bonsai pear tree with two fruit against a rich, gold craquelure background.
I guess i could have picked another bloom to photograph as this one had a dameged petal but it seemed to be off by itself and i felt sorry for it when i came back later it was gone the person who was exibiting it must have pruned it off .What a shame mike
If the sun really does come out I might just get some prunes this year. This was another practice with the flower macro.
The Australian winter is almost over, with spring only 10 days away. Our days are already noticeably longer – and the frosts have receded. It’s been a while since we had ice, too. This shot, taken in a friend’s garden, is a simple depiction of new growth and natural regeneration. I shot three frames in this sequence, but this one probably says it best, with the tender burgundy shoots appearing tall and proud from a pruned branch. I deliberately chose this angle, to make use of the subtle diagonals in the background and to include the fresh green of the diosma about two or three metres away. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F5.6, 1/180 sec, ISO 400, focal length 125mm. Pentax37 0004
Gardener at the Morikami Museum and Gardens / Boca Raton, FL / July 2009 Nikon D300 / Manual / 1/640 sec / f/13/0 / ISO 500 / 52 mm / Raw Featured in the Group: Freedom In Words and ART
This massive Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Hyde Park, looks to be shedding tears at the loss of limbs. This picture required a disciplined approach to scale – no need to show the whole tree, but need to show enough to provide real context. Hyde Park, Perth, Western Australia (State Heritage Listed; municipal park – Town of Vincent, Western Australia). Camera: Nothing fancy – Canon Powershot SX100 IS with 10X zoom lens, 6.0-60.mm, 1:2.8-4.3
Our part-time gardener, pruning in the rain / Why hike for hours in the rain, searching for rutting bull moose, only to find a bull moose pruning bushes and tree in our ‘burb? Thanks to Peter Davidson for the video on Hoots mon, there’s a moose loose aboot this hoose D200 and Nikkor 18-200mm About size and weight, wikipedia has this to say: / “On average, an adult moose stands 1.8–2.1 m (6–7 ft) high at the shoulder. Males weigh 380–720 kg (850–1580 pounds) and females weigh 270–360 kg (600–800 pounds).[7] The largest of all is the Alaskan subspecies (A. a. gigas), which can stand over 2.1 m (7 ft) at the shoulder, has a span across the antlers of 1.8 m (6 ft) and averages 634.5 kg (1,396 lbs) in males and 478 kg (1,052 lbs) in females.[8] Typically, however, the antlers of a mature specimen are between 1.2 m (3.9 ft) and 1.5 m (4.9 ft).” An early digital Sony camera shot of a bull at our neighbor’s house late one night /
Another day, another tree to prune in the suburbs. A moose’s work is never done. Moose find relative safety in our city from many predators in the wilds. Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-200mm I don’t eat my friends
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