This ethereal vine, which looks like some sort of fairy fern, is growing in profusion outside of our public library. Anyone know what it is?
iPhone photo. “Another green world” is from Brian Eno’s classic album of that name. It just occurred to me that he might have borrowed that title from a literary work, but a quick Google search isn’t turning up anything.
Photos cropped and sharpened slightly, but no other adjustment. These plants are on the grounds of the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis.
Water ripple, swamp near Cypress Creek Visitors Center, Perks, Illinois
With luck, I’ll wrap up the Big Trip series this week. This afternoon was a rare day for Southern Illinois: low seventies, sunny, not very humid. Too nice to stay indoors. The shot above was taken from a boardwalk just south of the Cypress Creek Visitors Center. Pentax K-50, 100mm macro lens.
My favorite photo from the orchid show itself (see previous post). I think the trailers may be vanilla, but I wouldn’t swear to it. I can’t decide if the depth of field is too shallow here for the best effect or not. Like much of my past work, even though this photo is representational, it leans toward the abstract. Pentax K-50, 50 mm lens.
A sampling of images I took around the neighborhood today. I’m not positive about the ID of the turkey tail mushrooms, but it seems the best guess. The redbud leaf makes a nice contrast to all the autumn color. I like the delicacy of the hosta leaves, although I wish the photo was sharper. I’m still finding that my images do not seem as sharp as they should be.
Maple Leaf
Sycamore Leaf, St. Francis River, Mo.
Shadow on Leaf
I got exactly three photos of fall foliage this year that I’m happy with. The top photo was taken with a Fuji X10 and not adjusted in any way. The second and third photos, taken with a Pentax K-r with 50 mm lens, were cropped slightly and needed a bit of color correction. I’m getting very few sharp pictures lately, even with the image stabilization that is built into both cameras. Frustration!
VAPOR AND FLOW 