Catching up, wonderful images North Star, particularly the richness of green speckled with yellow in post 3403 just above.
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Catching up, wonderful images North Star, particularly the richness of green speckled with yellow in post 3403 just above.
You get a lot of that effect in northern Scandinavia, its very beautiful, especially in parts of the north that have a high proportion of silver birch trees: Betula pendula.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
I was this close >< to mentioning birch in my post, thanks.
The yellow of the birch against the green blanketing the hills above, conjures up similar vistas in northern New Mexico, Colorado and many other parts of the Rockies with the yellow Aspen against the coniferous.
Thank you, Gilliatt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
So I have seen in photographs - understandably, aspens get a lot of attention from American nature photographers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
The weather was wonderful from a week ago to Tuesday - then it went back up above freezing, and all is just a dark slush again. Thank heavens I managed to visit this pond on Tuesday for some photos, one of which I shared already before.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/629/2...5b0ae31e_z.jpg
I will leave YesNo to comment. The ice here looks like the ice in my home village, probably the same as it is in Finland.
Regarding your two most recent images, I favor post 3410 with the added strata of the white snow(?) just creeping in at the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by North Star
Are those lights on the distant shore creating the vertical rods of reflection?
Speaking of trees, I just now stepped out to collect a few leaves from our yard.
Top row L-R: Eastern Redbud, Red Oak, Post Oak and Ash
Bottom row L-R: American Elm, Cedar Elm, Hackberry (still a little early will turn vibrant yellow) and Hawthorne.
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...psc5wsxy8k.jpg
Nice collection, Gilliatt. We don't have such a variety in Northern Sweden. Its too late now but next autumn I will try to put together my own collection.
I find the vertical lights most interesting in your recent ones, North Star.
Setting those leaves out against the floor of the deck was an interesting way to arrange them, Gilliatt Gurgle. I could have identified those in the top row, but not the four in the bottom row.
Yes, ice is ice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamwoven
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Those are reflections of birch trees on the other side of the pond.Quote:
Originally Posted by YesNo
A nice variety. Trees seen around here (in the wild) include Pine, Birch, Spruce, Rowan, Maple, Alder, European Bird Cherry, Eurasian Aspen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Your pictures are beautiful, North Star! I think I especially love the one of the frozen lake.
Love your leaves, Gilliatt. I recognize them, but not by name. I, too, am a lover of leaves.
Thank you, qimissung. ... Which of the two? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
(if it's leafs you want, you don't have to leaf too far back among my photos to see them)
Its amazing what you can collect. There is a very engaging short story being put together in another thread by FREI, called The Snowflake Collector.