January 6, 2017
As a counterbalance to arrogance, in yourself or in others, just look up at the trees.
This tall pine is easily more than two hundred years older than we are.
January 7, 2016
Today on a trip to get supplies, I encountered a section on the hills to the south of Flathead Lake where the trees were covered with a combination of snow and hoarfrost. The trees were white, the ground was white and the sky was white so there wasn’t much contrast, but the trees were beautiful and so I tried a few photos along a little road that left the highway and headed back into the reservation. I couldn’t drive the road today so I just hiked back in a ways. The road is very inviting and so on a sunny day I’ll go back in further with the Jeep and perhaps do better.
December 21, 2015
Nearly 10PM, snowing heavily, no moon, four inches of new snow on the ground and trees… can you get a photo? Well, worth a try!
– Ambient light except for a ray from the yard light on the far right side of the tree
– Tripod, parka, umbrella, boots
– 1.6 second exposure
– f/3.5
– ISO6400
December 26, 2014
Very young fir
Mature Douglas Fir
Young Ponderosa Pine
Mature Larch, sleeping through the winter
(Thought I’d get these out of my system before the real snow comes later in the week.)
December 7, 2014
April 25, 2014
This afternoon while on our front deck I could hear a captivating humming sound, soft and melodious, that seemed to be drifting down on the breeze. When I looked up I could see that one of my favorite trees, a huge old Box Elder that provides summer shade across the whole front of the house is now in full bloom and the sound was coming from there. It was an Arbor Day song sung by the wings of hundreds of honey bees that were visiting the blossoms of the big old tree.
I took several pictures of one of the blossoms but was not happy with them and so tonight I tried this one in the dark.
Box Elder blossom ~ Acer negundo
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