Thursday, March 31, 2011

Arboretum, March 25, 2011

All Photos © 2011 Linda Gayle Parker, All Rights Reserved

Entering the trails in The Arboretum, I was taken with this bent old tree, seemed like a character from a movie...


The bridge, as seen from another trail...




Bright daubs of color amid the brush...



 
Unbelievably blue sky...


Light on the trees rendered them pure white, while the sky began to darken in the east...







Darkening stormy sky, while sun still shining on the trees. I loved the dramatic effect here, shot on the bridge....



Another angle of the same scene...



Ghostly shots of the trees as the sky darkened further. So dramatic it felt like a Wagnerian opera, and very exhilarating...


Another shot as that dramatic sky started to rumble...


Delicate but lively colors here with the sun on them and dramatic dark sky. This is my favorite shooting weather...


Dark green, light green, traceries of limbs and water........



Close up of same scene. There was a man standing quietly fishing, just out of my shot...


Shot across the waterside trail, where it goes out over the water...



Raining lightly with thunder in background. Was struck here by the layering pattern of branches against the sky...


Captivating mix of brilliance and deep, dark sky. Taken from a lookout tower on the waterway trail...


The lookout tower, of carved wood, with wild wood in background...


The trail back was absolutely deserted. It is kind of haunting, and makes me think of the book, My Antonia, by Willa Cather...



Sun emerged again from the west again, to create brilliance beside the trail...



Struck, amongst all of the emerging fertility of the beginning of Spring, to see this vulva shape in the earth. Named this shot Gaia Vulva...


Closeup version of Gaia Vulva...



Another angle of this beautiful and interesting fertility symbol, not 3 feet from the trail's edge...


Deepening of colors and shadow, sun sinking, but still shining its radiance, playing out from behind the clouds and trees...


Rain started in earnest, and light failing, but enchanted by the strong, silent and solid presence of the trees. I felt they could begin speaking in whispers...


Rained out at last, watching the drops fall from the car window...



Reflecting and watching the rain.

2 comments:

  1. My god, Linda, you are such an extraordinary photographer. Every single one of your photographs pulls me in. Including the self-portrait. Every single one of them is like a candle. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For slipping beauty under my door while I was looking the other way. For being my friend and showing me the world you see. Thank you.

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  2. Thank you Tessa! I am really touched, and so honored that something I love to do has the power to touch others as well. That is what I want most in this world.

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