It is the time of year where the landscape is shifting from brown to the varied hues of green that only come with spring. Spring means renewal and growth. Spring means the world is waking up. Spring means everything is fresh and lovely as the old is replaced by new.
Spring also means working the garden, but it’s a work that I love. Cleaning out overgrown parts of the garden. Scratching through the dirt to break up clumps. Pushing seeds into the ground or sprinkling them over the surface, covering them with a thin layer of soil and gently patting them into the soil. Watering seeds so they come up through the soil covering them so the seedlings can begin the journey to either feed some of the native wildlife or end up on R’s and my plates.
But when the end of the day is near, I love taking a step back and looking at the garden. I love to see how the light plays with the leaves of the plants. I love to watch how the sunlight catches a water droplet on new plant and creates a mini sunburst. Sometimes its a time to rest, but more often than not, I find myself grabbing my camera and trying to capture what I see.
Surprises happen regularly when I shoot with the macro lens. I can’t see everything until I get it home and load it in to my computer. Thats when the stems and capillaries of the plants pop out at me. I notice the litte scallops along the edge of the lettuce plant. The bug I didn’t see when I was trying to get the macro lens to focus says “Hello” on the screen and I notice the details on its head and body. Or I see the flecks of dirt clinging to the lettuce leaf.
And all I want to do is share this wonderful, glorious world and what I find in it.
Image: Photographed in the garden with my Nikon D80 and AF Micro NIKKOR 60 mm lens. ISO 640 F4.0 Shutter speed 1/1600
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