PhotoSunday: Fast

Shutter Priority: Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10); Aperture: f/10.0; Focal Length: 55 mm; ISO Speed: 200

John, Arthur and I walked up May Brook from the beaver ponds across the road towards May Pond. We didn't get far because Arthur had to return to New Hampshire. But it was beautiful and we saw new things. I lagged behind on the hike to experiment with shutter speeds and fast water to see if I could get the effect I wanted. I think I did. The first photo gives me the feeling I always have in the woods with John — calm contentment (it is also John's favorite effect with water). The photo below reproduces nature but without any memories attached to it.

UPDATE: I found two other water photos from the May Brook hike that I like better than this. I have posted them here.

Program Mode: Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/600): Aperture: f/5.6; Focal Length: 55 mm; ISO Speed: 500

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PhotoSunday: Majestic

Unidentified grass in the back field

Whenever I look, meditate on or photograph grasses, I think of the verses from the Bible below. For whatever reasons, for me, the word majesty has always centered on the Bible. The delicate beauty of grasses has always fascinated me.

25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?* 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” 32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But strive first for the kingdom of God* and his* righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6: 25-33 New Revised Standard Version source: oremus Bible Browser

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PhotoSunday: Peaceful

 A view of Crystal Lake in Barton, Vermont during the Memorial Day service. I find the lake calming and a centering influence. I'm fortunate that it is just down the road. The smokey haze was from the Quebec forest fires that were burning. That was a smoky weekend here in northern Vermont. The smoke created a ethereal beauty for me.

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Willow

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