Monthly Archives: September 2024

Let Your Imagination Loose

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Waterfall Abstract
Heatherwood Japanese Garden

Sitting by the waterfall, I continued to play with long exposures. I was looking for interesting vignettes that I could isolate with my telephoto lens. I created several images of this rock with the water flowing around its edges. By itself, it was interesting but not eye stopping. Later when reviewing my images of the morning’s session, something caught my eye. I squinted and saw a face with long white hair sweeping down along each side. The more I looked at it, the more my imagination wandered.

Can you see it ???

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What to Do When You Get Into a Rut

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Waterfall Abstract
Heatherwood Japanese Garden

I was sitting by our pond having a morning cup of coffee with Mary. I had my camera in my lap and was looking up at our little waterfall. I have taken hundreds of images of the waterfall from every angle that I can think of. What could I do to create something different? I was working with long exposures and my hand slipped. I was getting ready to delete the image, when I thought maybe I could play around with a little in-camera motion. After a few tries, this is what I came up with.

Lesson learned: Stop, take the time to play. Something good usually comes out of it!

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Summer’s Passing

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Rudbeckia and Brandywine Viburnums
Heatherwood, Early Autumn

As summer transitions into fall, the rudbeckias fade and the berries of the Brandywine viburnum’s break out with their pink berries. I don’t have the heart to cut down the spent rudbeckia blossoms. I leave them for the birds to feed on the seeds. The fallen seeds spread throughout the garden to create new plants in the spring. We have plenty of of volunteers if anyone would like to transplant them.

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First Day of Fall

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Coral Bark Japanese Maple – ‘Sango Kaku’
Heatherwood Early Fall

Autumn is here. The colors of the Japanese maples are starting to turn into their fall display. This long hot summer was hard on our maples. Several have many of their leaves severely scorched. I am afraid that our fall display will not be as dramatic as it has been in past years.

I have just finished five weeks working on a tree inventory and health assessment at the Yakima Arboretum. During that time I have neglected our own garden. Now is the time to do a little spruce up before a set of northwest garden representatives come to visit in late October.

During August and early September, I only got out in Heatherwood two times to create a few images. Now that I have a little more time and the garden is actively transitioning into fall, I hope the my camera and I will be out wandering around much more.

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