Tag: leaves
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Slow Down
Slow down and get in close! There’s a whole lot of treasures in nature that are usually overlooked by walking right past them. While hiking along the trails, I often stop and gradually make a complete circle from one spot. It always amazes me how much more I notice just by slackening my pace through…
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Helped By a Macro Lens
Today, I was helped by a macro lens and a dictionary. How, you ask? First, the Ragtag Daily Prompt is “embiggen“. Since I had no idea what the word meant, I looked it up and it’s definition is “to make or become bigger.” That led to searching through photos taken with my macro lens, whose…
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Beauty in Simplicity
Beauty in Simplicity – Day 59 of 365 Beech tree leaves along the trails at Moraine Nature Preserve = Valparaiso, Indiana. Texture Tuesday
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Ablaze With Sunshine
Ablaze With Sunshine – Day 54 of 365 A morning hike at Ritchie Nature Preserve in Chesterton, Indiana was full of brightness. The following day was just the opposite, an entire day of rainfall. Sounds like the start of spring, doesn’t it?
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Beauty in the Mundane
On a quest to find beauty in the mundane or everyday things that are all around us. What caught your eye today? Ragtag Daily Prompt – Quest
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In Search of Green
Day 34 of 365 It is the middle of winter and I went out in search of green. I found some along the trails at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve in Valparaiso, Indiana. Grateful for the little things in life. Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – Close Up or Macro
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Colors of Winter
Started out my day at the RItchie Nature Preserve in Chesterton, Indiana yesterday. After looking out at the trails, I knew that it was going to be a macro morning. It was another gray day but with just enough light to bring out the colors of winter still left on the trees. Too lazy to…
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Diagonals in Nature
Wordless Wednesday Diagonals in Nature Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #228: Diagonals
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A Snowy Autumn Day
A preview of what is to come on a snowy autumn day in Saratoga, Wyoming. Photos captured on October 25, 2022.
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Beauty in Simplicity
Nature’s Beauty in Simplicity “Simplicity is nature’s first step and the last of art.” – PHILIP JAMES BAILEY –
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Curves, Lines, and Spikes
Wordless Wednesday Nature’s Curves, Lines, and Spikes Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Texture