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My home is in Chamberlains, CBS, Newfoundland: a place close enough to sea so that I can go there to watch the glorious sunsets over the bay, and the other infinite variety of sights and sounds that are forever changing, yet forever the same. I'm not as young as I used to be and don't get around much any more, but I've had many wonderful hours of enjoyment with my Yasihca 44 TLR and trusty old OM-2. I've always enjoyed photographing wild flowers, particularly the smaller ones, many of which , albeit mostly overlooked and dismissed as weeds, are exquisitely beautiful. Digital photography, complete with all the magic of its own portable darkroom, has brought a new dimension to the hobby. My OM-2 is retired now, but it is such a beautiful instrument, such a joy to hold and behold, that I don't think I will ever want to part with it. My digital, used mostly, is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30. Its 35-420 mm Leica zoom lens can really reach out for those hard to reach shots. My photographs are strictly amateurish, but hopefully some have succeeded in capturing something of the moment that inspired them.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

BUDS BURSTING INTO LEAF.
Not ever having observed it closely in the wild , I was quite amazed to see how quickly this happened yesteday.
Abour a week ago I picked a small branch of what I believed to be maple tree buds, and placed them in fertilized water on my window sill. I figured it would be a slow process that would give me plenty of time to record the unfolding. At mid-day they looked the same but by late afternoon they had all burst into leaf as if on cue.


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posted by Lloyd | 9:49 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger David c.h. Brown said...

Beautiful back lighting on these Lloyd. Love it! Thanks, Dave

1:13:00 AM  
Blogger Lloyd said...

Found some buds today that I an certain are maple buds. Will be watching their progress.

8:49:00 PM  

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