winter

Went for a walk on the North Downs Way a week or so ago. It seems there has been a lot of trimming back and brush clearing. I tried to capture the contrast of the branches and their reflections in the River Wey, not altogether successfully and converted to black & white.

Let this be a warning to you!

Leaving Traces

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Post Haiku

Tree Portrait at Dusk

Haiku Sky

Presenting my final work on the haiku project and our lecturer suggested I had further to go, particularly in continuing to simplify and abstract the images.

Written in the Branch

Leaf and Trunk Contrast

One Tree Leafed

Ice

At the north end of the park, ice flowed down glacial rocks. A stunning sight, it was difficult to quickly capture an interesting picture (click either image to see them both enlarged).

Near the North Woods

Petals on a Dry Brown Bough

Leafy Ice

Pine Cone

Christmas Day in Cherry Hill

Frozen

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Porcu-Pine

Another haiku candidate…? Signs of emptiness and seasonal change.

Epiphany

Twice, I almost captured the shining forth (epiphany) of the single, golden-leafed tree amidst the gray emptiness, mentioned in my last post. Here are 2 examples. Possible candidates for the haiku project…?

Moving Landscapes

While traveling down the highway on Christmas morning, I was struck by the occasional radiance of the odd tree with golden leaves still on it, leaping out from amidst the gray empty branches of its surroundings. I shot at 1/320th, which mostly froze motion at a distance but not necessarily in the nearer foreground. The result is landscapes that look like they’re moving past me at high speeds (instead of the reverse). It was rare that I actually captured the single tree I was aiming at.