Fern – after the Winter
Budding
Sambucus canadensis
Canadian Elder … or whatever common name happens to be used in the area you happen to be
** For anyone interested in photography, this image was composed from seven separate photographs at different stacked focus planes to achieve without any out of focus features. Some of the new computer tools are simply remarkable.
Two days later Day (1 April, but this is real) – welcome to Canadian spring
- Aperture: ƒ/4.5
- Camera: ILCE-7M2
- Focal length: 100mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/160s
Cattails in the Snow
Cattails
Winter Milkweed
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Exposure bias: +3/10EV
- Focal length: 219.82mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/1000s
Cattail
Broad-leaved Cattail
There is a large cattail marsh close to home full of these stately spires
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 220mm
- ISO: 800
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
We Have Cherries
Sour Cherries
The first cherries of the 2020 harvest are starting to ripen – the birds will be so pleased.
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 177.86mm
- ISO: 1000
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
Morning Coffee
Between the Blossoms
To the left Amelanchier canadensis and to the right a sour cherry tree just coming into blossom. The bench between is for morning coffee and pondering.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Camera: ILCE-7M2
- Exposure bias: +7/10EV
- Focal length: 12mm
- ISO: 160
- Shutter speed: 1/60s
Midnight Magnolias
Uplighting
A huge magnolia tree outside my office window offered the perfect sight this evening as I went to close down the computer. Thank goodnes for tripods.
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: ILCE-7M2
- Exposure bias: -3/10EV
- Focal length: 85mm
- ISO: 1600
- Shutter speed: 1s
Common Antler Lichen
Common Antler Lichen
Found while out birding.
VERY similar to Common Oak Lichen which grows here, but in France this is collected commercially for fragrances that are used in perfumes.
Winter Sculpture
Seed-head under snow
As well as benefiting birds by providing seeds for food, leaving seed-heads to stand through the winter enables snow to form delightful “sculptures” for us to enjoy. A few months ago this was an inflorescence on a wild, carrot plant that was abuzz with insects.
- Aperture: ƒ/5.6
- Camera: ILCE-7M2
- Exposure bias: +7/10EV
- Focal length: 105mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/250s