My friend Kathy Huston takes
fantastic nature-themed photos. She started taking these types of pictures with
her i-phone when she and her family moved to the county. Taking walks through
the woods is undoubtedly more interesting than walks through suburban
neighborhoods. Eventually she got a real camera and she was off and running
trying new ways to capture her world. Her pictures just keep getting better and
better.
Above photos courtesy of Kathy Huston!!!
Me reading That Tree by Mark Hirsch |
Mark Hirsch, creator of ThatTree used his i-phone, along with some cool phone photo apps, to take a
picture of the same burr oak tree every day for one year.
Tim and I were able
to go to a presentation he gave about the making of his photographic opus. We
were so impressed with his work, we even bought his book. I enjoy looking at
the book and envisioning how he got each picture.
Early this fall, I was
inspired by my friend Kathy’s love of finding just the right angle, light, and
presentation of her subjects in nature, along with Mark Hirsch’s use of only
his i-phone camera, when I set out on a little photo-shoot of my own.
I hope you enjoy this touch
of summer/fall in the middle of nasty ol’ winter.
Dew drops on blades of grass~ "Egg yolk" flowers from my childhood joined by a little tan fox tail~ The foliage gone makes the stem of this plant look spidery.
I switched my phone/camera to black and white and laid on the ground to get this shot. The mushroom looks like an elf house to me!~ These little white flowers almost got overlooked. They're smaller than a dime! So lush, I think the plant didn't realize it was fall!
Beautiful yet poisonous! Every hiker's nemesis: Poison Ivy!
My favorite picture, I think. The Velvet Leaf seed pod looks like a star!
Green leaf tipped in vibrant purple.~ We called these "Chinese Lanterns" when I was a kid.~ A true sign of winter's coming: The Woolly Bear caterpillar!
But now spring is just around the corner!
Until next time,
Be Good to Yourself!
~Nadine