3rd in the series

Macro

Time did not break this tree — it revealed it.

Wind, winter, and light worked slowly through the years, hollowing, carving, refining. What remains feels less like wood and more like memory — a quiet cathedral shaped by weather and patience.

Raindrops clinging to leaf skeleton of Vanillaleaf (Achlys triphylla) in autumn, Staircase Rapids area of Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, October, Olympic_Peninsula_Autumn-13

Crab apples in the creek

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

Unusual Rock Strata, Honeymoon Cove, Pt Samson, WA

Goose Barnacles, Pollicipes polymerus, on rocky habitat at Tongue Point in Salt Creek Recreation Area along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

King Penguin

(Aptenodytes patagonicus)

huge colony, brown birds are chicks

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

White Oak, leaves on Beaver pond with tree reflections and television in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Ripples on Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Saunton Sands may be the best beach for driftwood that I've ever encountered!

More shots from the delightful Saunton Sands.

Sony α7 IV

Sony 28-60mm lens F4-5.6

The sumac this year were really interesting and varied in color and pattern. I thought the way the leaves "layered in" in this picture, like patterns, were just pretty.

Ice and leaf patterns in ice in early spring in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

King Penguin

(Aptenodytes patagonicus)

huge colony, brown birds are chicks

Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Crack in Pahoehoe lave in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Lovely petunias in our garden ~ I might try and catch something for this week that hasn't been taken in the garden!!

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Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus, foraging in the subalpine of the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA

Ripples forming an intricate pattern when caught by the sun, Quinault River, Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA.

Sun on the rippled water surface, and leaves on the river bottom, of the North Fork Skokomish River at Staircase in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA, Olympic_Peninsula_Autumn-848

Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, needles against a background of sun sparkling off a windy lake in Michigan, USA

White Oak, Quercus alba, leaf on Beaver pond with tree reflections in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Bubbles, created in winter by the photographer, rapidly form ice crystals on the inside surfaces, Michigan, USA,

Dead juniper in Aguirre Springs Campground, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico, USA

A view of a foggy night in New London through the interlacing patterns of the bare tree branches.

another stack of this attractively textured ground beetle made from 7 images.

Just some stuff from last month's archive that I never got around to uploading. If I don't do it now, they'll probably get forgotten...(=P

taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Ropy Pahoehoe lave in fanciful forms in the Kalapana area of Puna District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

The spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA