Category: Color Photography

Twilight At Kanawha Falls

Color Photography
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Twilight falls on the Kanawha River at Glen Ferris. The failing light casts a purple hue across river and mountains. The river is up slightly but it doesn’t rage. Instead the water laps gently against the rocks. The turbines are silent and even the falls seem to submit to quiet mood as shadows wax long on the water. Beneath the surface pearch and walleye patrol the walkway and the roots of the willows on the opposite shore. Somewhere deep in the forest a screech owl belts out his eerie song to the moonlight clouds overhead. The night air is oddly warm for an early March evening and I hear a few frogs singing in the swampy backwaters on the edges were the river meets the forest. But March is a season of flux and I know that the warm air is only a sign of the coming snowfall. Old Man Winter it seems will not go away quietly this year.

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An Imaginary Trip Into The Past

Color Photography
Hello friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Shadyside Cascades 3420” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

As a crept softly through the moss covered landscape the Cardnials dart excitedly through the thick underbrush. They’re engaged in their mating rituals that are as old as the forest itself. It still a bit early but I’m betting that if I was here st the right time I could spot an eft making it’s way back to the water for the last time before becoming fully aquatic once more. Perhaps this is something that I should watch for in the days ahead. I’m particularly drawn to this section of my property. The steep landscape makes it a challenge to go very deep into the mountain with my camera equipment during the wet season when the alluvial terrain makes foot placement crucial. But that’s also the season that yields the best flow of the little streams that feed Little Elk Creek. Especially now that the moss has begun to colonize the rocks that line the stream. I expect that in the upcoming years that it will grow thick and plush bringing a primeval feel to this little hidden sanctuary. As I admire the soft green surroundings and the flow of hundreds of little cascades it’s easy to imagine that the stream flows from some hidden ancient temple deep in the forest. And that if I could trace it to the source I’d be sure to find some pre-columbian treasure. Not gold or silver but worked stone points and effigies carved into the sandstone. Common items like the stone bowls used to grind hickory nuts into meal. In my imagination I can hear the women singing chants to rhythm created by stone pounding together. I can almost smell the jerked meats curing over a fire and hear the voices of the children as they play in the open forests.

As the shutter snaps closed the moss and peaceful flow of stream is preserved in my lens and the imaginary village is filed away to be recalled on another day.

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The Morning Smile

Color Photography, wildlife
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The saturated earth gives slightly as I tread out to my thinking spot. The warm day and time of year makes me a little more cautious about where I step just in case one of our pit vipers has awakened from hibernation early. I was on my way to to practice some long exposure techniques on the little drainage ditch that runs off of my mountain and into Little Elk Creek. And there it was. The smile from nature that I’ve been longing for since Christmas. The Harbinger Of Spring. To give you an idea of how small the flowers are the black speck is a flea beetle and about 1/10 of an inch long. The plant is also known as Pepper and Salt and the scientific name is Erigenia Bulbosa but I am partial to Harbinger Of Spring. According to Wikipedia it is the first wildflower to bloom in Spring but I’m a little dubious about the accuracy since my fly honeysuckle started opening a few days ago. Nevertheless, it is a most welcomed sight. It means that I’ll soon be seeing the Carolina Spring Beauty, Fiddleheads ( young fern fronds ) and the Trillium.

One thing that I agree with Wikipedia on is the importance of these tiny flowers for solitary bees like the mason bees that will emerge from their holes into a harsh world. Before 1622 solitary bees were the main pollenators in North America. It stands to reason that their lifestyle would be closely tied to early blooming plants like Harbinger Of Spring. I have looked around the area where I found this one and it seems to be the very first one to pop up on my place. It also wasn’t there yesterday ( or at least it wasn’t in bloom) because I was in the same spot and actually looking for any changes to forest floor. But from this day forward I expect to see life explode onto the scene.

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Mental Vacation, March 2nd 2020

Color Photography
Hello friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Game Of Tag” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

As I sit at my desk and look out of the window the rain seems to melt the outside world.

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With my natural view obscured by the gray veil outside my window I don my headphones and call up the sounds of warm summer day. I comfortably close my eyes in reminiscence of a sunny Sumer day. I can hear a bluebird in the soundtrack and my imagination builds him in detail. I can see the white highlights in his feathers and the dark fringes on his wings and tail feathers. His ruddy Brest puffs out and he resembles a little ball of fluff just before he releases his song into the breeze. I find myself taking a deep breath and I can smell the fresh cut grass mingled with the water mint in the creek. I can feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the grass tickles my bare feet. Movement on the edge of my field of vision catches my attention as the tiger stripe Swallowtails engage in aerobatics during a game of tag. The yellow male matches the black female as she dives and loops. She finds a thermal updraft and climbs high. At the apex of her climb she seems to be suspended weightless and rolls to one side as she dives for the vegetation. It looks as though she gave her pursuer the slip but he was ready. He had anticipated her maneuver and pulled up short allowing him to intercept her from below. He thinks that he’s won but this is her game and it’s not over until she says so. The two butterflies continue to circle each other in the air until they disappear into the forest.

The soundtrack in my earbuds ends at about the same time as my mental image allows the butterflies to slip away until the next time I need a break from the gray world of winter and I open my eyes. The work in front of me must be completed so I go back to the task… And yet, I could swear that the smell of fresh cut grass and mint still lingered in the air.

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Little Mr. Big Voice

Color Photography, wildlife
Hello friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Black Capped Chickadee 22520” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

As the morning sun makes it way to the top of my mountain the surrounding forest is alive with the chatter of birds. If I close my eyes and concentrate on it I can filter out the individuals even if I can’t see them. One of those voices stands out really strong. I can tell that he’s somewhere near the top of my box elder but I can’t find him with my eyes. That’s not really surprising because he’s only the size of an extra large hen’s egg. For a moment his call is an alarm call until I mimic his previous pattern with whistles. I’ve always paid attention to the little birds in my area but it’s only recently that I’ve began to actively feed them and try to draw them in closer. I have had food out for them since fall but they seemed to reject it until the past few weeks. I stepped over to the feeder and made sure that the seed had not gotten wet and clogged up the reservoir catching any seed that fell out in my cupped hand at depositing it back on top of the feeder. I gave a few random whistles and stepped away. Almost as soon as I did I heard the rapid beating of tiny wings as they fluttered by behind me. As I turned he actually came in a little closer and lit in the Alder next to my driveway. He flew back and forth between the feeder and the Alder several times looking right at me as he did. I realized that this was a statement of gratitude and he was actively associating my presence with the food he was enjoying.

Since then I’ve learned that Chickadees actually have a complex language and that they actually have to teach these language skills to their young. It’s also known that as humans we can’t really pick up on the subtleties of their complex calls. Sure. I can mimic the high low patterns and approximate the rhythms but I can’t do it precisely and the context of the meaning is lost on me. So I’ve downloaded some guides and samples of the Chickadee songs and hope to at least learn which calls mean danger, happy, love etc. And perhaps soon I can call them in close enough for a detailed portrait. For now I’ll just settle for the occasional game of peekaboo in my Alder tree.

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