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spring green

June 1st, 2009

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At my house we love the aspen color in the spring. When the leaves unfold they are shiny and bright. As they grow into summer the color dulls, of course, so I have been trying to capture some of the spring color now.

spring, trees

Georgia Spring

May 1st, 2009
spring trees, Red Top Park, Georgia
Georgia woods in spring

The fresh green of spring in the woods was a visual treat this week in Georgia. A slow shutter speed and a quick upward pull on the camera created the vertical streaks in this trail scene. I added some color and textures with my wacom pen and photoshop brushes.

Georgia, spring, trees

Wet April Snow

April 21st, 2009
barn storm

barn storm

Captured while snow shoeing on Lower Lake Ranch at Elk Falls during the storm. As I worked my way up the creek the snow fell harder and the camera only left the bag to make quick image here and there.

picnic, anyone?

picnic, anyone?

Back at home, my dog pauses at the top of the stairs as if unsure he needs a trip down.
To go or not?

To go or not?

Lower Lake Ranch, snow, spring

here comes the sun

April 6th, 2009
ponderosa

ponderosa

It was a bright sunrise after an April snow, but only for an hour or so. By late morning it was snowing and blowing again. Spring snows are much wetter than our winter ones.

 more snow

more snow

spring, trees

Spring Snow at Lower Lake Ranch

March 31st, 2009
spring snow

spring snow

An overnight snow fall last week made a perfect morning for a walk on the guest ranch in the valley below my house. Light snow was still falling as I began my walk.

 

I cross a new bridge recently constructed to replace a broken and abandoned one of long ago. Lots of restoration work has been done in the past year on the ranch.
 
bridge over elk creek

bridge over elk creek

Weak sunlight begins to filter through the clouds as I photograph the barn with lions head soft in the cloudy background.
 
at the barn

at the barn

 
Bright spring gold in the twigs along the creek.
spring color along the creek

spring color along the creek

 

Two geese on upper lake. One gets out of the water and poses on one foot for me.
two geese on upper lake 

two geese on upper lake

 
Two more geese circle and call. The first pair loudly answer and hold their claim on the only open water.
two newcomers

two newcomers

 

The 2nd pair continue to circle and call,

circle and call

circling pair

 

then land on the snow covered ice at the other end of the lake.

geese landing

geese landing

 

The lead goose lands gracefully followed by a sliding partner.

still sliding

still sliding

 

As the clouds lift and the sun rules the sky, I move up the creek to photograph lions head from a couple of other favorite locations.

Near crop rock:

ponderosas and lions head

ponderosas and lions head

 

And, from lion’s foot.

lion's foot with snow
lion’s foot

 

Lower Lake Ranch, snow, spring

Spring Snow

May 2nd, 2008

goose

Snowing again? Yes, this is spring, warm one day and snowing the next.  

Lower Lake Ranch, spring

spring robin

April 14th, 2008

robin with snow 01

When I was a child, my mother sang to me about a happy robin coming in the spring.

Though I was happy to see this robin a couple of days ago, I’m not sure the robin was happy about all the melting snow about.

The snow lasted a couple of cold days, but it’s warmer now and the snow is gone except in areas of deep shade.

This is April in Consworld, snow and melt, cold nights and warm bright days, anticipation in every twig and species, and spring fever in me.

I want to photograph the snow showers and melt, the winterbuds unfolding, and the early wildflowers. I want to walk along the creek and around the ponds in the mornings looking for spring birds and landscape views to capture. I don’t want to do any work. I want to play.

Birds, spring