Spring Into Summer! May 30, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: buttercups, Canon 24mm f3.5L TS-EII, Elliot, Hawley, ragged robin, summer wildflowers, tilt-shift photography
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Spring’s wildflowers are the little ones which appear in the woods before the leaves unfurl and block the direct sunlight which fuels them. They’re beautiful but transient, and I love them.
But they’re seen in the larger context as the opening act for the Girls of Summer, the wildflowers which bloom in the full light of roadsides and meadows. In general, these are larger, heartier plants with showier blossoms, and these are what will anchor my photography for the next good while.
We’ll start with a roadside bloom of Ragged robin and buttercups along the side of route 8A in Hawley:
This might not show too well at blog-size, but it’s what my travels this day yielded.
Courtesy of Elliot, whose tilt of about three degrees gave me both the foreground and the skyline on a breezy afternoon.
More Summer Wildflowers. August 19, 2011
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: Bur cucumber, cow vetch, queen anne's lace, spotted Joe Pie weed, summer wildflowers, touch-me-not
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At the risk of looking like a one trick pony, here are a few more shots of wildflowers taken this past week.
Spotted Joe Pie Weed, dotting our meadows with towering sprays of mauvey goodness:
Bur cucumber, an invasive vine with lovely cream flower spikes, topping every bush and shrub within this field of view in Williamstown:
Touch-me-not (or Jewel weed, as you wish) in both its orange and yellow incarnations:
This leafy succulent frequently grows amidst poison ivy and, miracle of miracles, its thick, aloe-like stem fluids can be applied to the skin to prevent the deleterious effects of the latter!
And a gone-by sprig of Queen Anne’s Lace, assuming its birds-nest late form as it stands guard for a bit of purple Cow vetch at its feet:
I used a variety of lenses to get these shots, from Elliot for the Bur cucumber to Ziggy for that last one and probably Ollie for the others; it’s been a long week, and I’m really not remembering all the details.
Anyway, that’s it for now. Weather’s coming, so something other than wildflowers is likely to appear here soon.
Summer Colors. June 13, 2011
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: buttercups, cow vetch, ragged robin, summer wildflowers
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By the looks of the fields around these parts, the Summer season seems to have begun (despite being quite a few degrees cooler than that today!) Roadside fields have either already had their first cuttings, or are burdened with a Serengeti of tall grasses laced with the colors of the season, brilliant yellows and purples, as in these Buttercups and Cow vetch blossoms:
…or a palette of cool pastels, like this sherbet of Ragged Robin melting over a lime of new grass:
It seems like an unusually colorful season, but then, I might just be noticing it more these days. How about you? Does it seem particularly vibrant where you are?
Ruby Tuesday – Summer Wildflowers. July 5, 2010
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature, macro photos.Tags: Bladder campion, scrotal, summer wildflowers
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Today’s offering, Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris:
It’s an interesting flower, humble and contrite at roadside, yet fascinating up close. Scrotal, if I may say so.
Anyway, I hope it’s ruboid enough to qualify for this week’s Ruby Tuesday.
Thanks to Mary over at Work of the Poet for this colorful meme!
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