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I found this along the dirt road that goes to the old Post Office in Powderhorn, Colorado. The rabbitbrush, fully in bloom, made a resounding fall statement, while the sagebrush and junipers were silent.
The spicy, aromatic, dark berries of the juniper tree can be used fresh or dried, crushed or whole, to flavour casseroles, marinades and stuffings and complement rabbit, venison, beef and duck. They can also be used in sweet dishes such as fruitcake. Juniper berries also provide the main flavouring for gin.
“Then I felt too that I might take this opportunity to tie up a few loose ends, only of course loose ends can never be properly tied, one is always producing new ones.”
― Iris Murdoch, “The Sea, the Sea”
The past winter was quite wet and this juniper tree (false cedar) has an amazing abundance of berries now.
The squirrels will be feasting sometime in August.
When I see a Juniper tree I remember winter. I remember cold, long, dark nights and warm glowing hearth fires. I remember scents of pine and cedar, and smells of cinnamon and nutmeg. Welcome, winter, for another year ... and may spring rains come soon.
You might be a birder when you spend several hours searching for a plain gray little bird like this Juniper Titmouse! We had to work hard to find this little guy but boy did it feel good when we did.
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The color version of the blue Juniper berries posted a few weeks back.
Captured with usual iPhone and Olloclip Macro Lens.
Edited on the iPad with Snapseed.
The black and white version can be viewed here if you care to compare: www.flickr.com/photos/firerybroome/21946613644/
A sunny Thanksgiving from my neck of the desert to your neck of the woods or wherever, and a slice of juniper berry pie with a sand cracker crust and a dollop of wind-whipped needles.
This lone juniper stands tall against the harsh winds that come with living on a ridge overlooking the Delaware River. In the fall, when night time air temperatures start to dip, the valley fills with fog since the river is warmer than the air. It creates this 'sea of fog' that slowly lifts as air temperatures rise.
West side of the San Rafael Swell along I-=70. Every landscape photographer needs a lone-tree photo, right?
View in Original size: www.flickr.com/photos/nsxbirder/50117872917/sizes/o/
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I ordered a 300 MM lens for my Pentax cameras and I was not paying close attention when I hit the Buy Button ! Well this may be a mistake that is going to turn out gold ! The lens was for a 6 x 7 camera an older Pentax film camera with a 6 x 7 film format not a 35 MM.. Thought I had gotten myself a white elephant ! Then I found an adaptor for a 6 x 7 to 35 MM camera . totally different formats and distance to the focal plain ( a much smaller portion of the image would be cast upon the cmos because the lens was designed for use on a medium format camera ) I figured the image would overlap the size of the cmos in the 35 MM camera , This is the image produced by the lens hooked to my K-30 Pentax . The branch is about 20 feet from the side window thru which I took this photo . This is not cropped. what is seen in the photo was exactly as the lens captured it . The field of view is very narrow ( probably because of the suspected overlap ) It is however very sharp ! I think this is going to be a very handy mistake ! I will try to get out over the next few days and give it a run through and will post the results here bad or good .
Another Juniper I hadnt photgraphed before. I shot this tree from several angles. I liked each one. I think there may still be a few I haven't
in the distance is the Green River. which Came all the way here from Wyoming.
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Juniper is an evergreen shrub or tree - the only representative of the cypress family in the North. The Russian name comes from the word "mezh - spruce forest". True, there are other interpretations: from the words "mozg", and such Old Slavonic "mozhzha" - a knot. This shrub is also called heather, juniper, bruzhzhevelnik, grouse berries. It also has another name - orderly No. 1, it received it because it really cleans the air from toxic gaseous substances and microorganisms like a pump. Among the Slavs, juniper branches became a symbol of overcoming death, eternal life. Juniper branches were burned at funerals, or covered the last path of the deceased, as if protecting him. Juniper was smoked after an enemy - so that he would not return, during epidemics houses and roads were fumigated with juniper - so that "black impurity" would not fall on a person. From evil spirits, unclean forces they protected themselves and their farms with juniper branches, consecrated in the church. In the old days, a Russian peasant drove his cattle out to pasture in the spring with a juniper branch: it, they say, will protect the animals from diseases and all sorts of misfortunes. There was a lot of rationality in these rituals, if you take into account the disinfecting properties of the plant. In warehouses with furs fumigated with juniper, moths did not live. Meat, fish: smoked on juniper needles, were preserved longer. Dairy dishes, barrels, tubs for pickles, steamed with juniper, became almost sterile. Traps and pitfalls rubbed with juniper needles did not smell like humans.
For medicinal purposes, ripe cones - berries - are usually collected - fleshy, spherical, blue-violet, almost black in color, with a gray waxy coating. They taste sweet and spicy with a pleasant smell. The berries contain a lot of sugar (glucose), essential oils, resins, organic acids, mineral salts, wax, phytoncides, vitamins C, B (thiamine), riboflavin, etc., many microelements.
A view from the bottom of Juniper Canyon at about 4000 feet (1200m). We've just left the Chisos Mountains from Boot Canyon down the Juniper Canyon Trail. Crown Mountain (7010 feet, 2137m) has been our friend since lunch - it's the peak hiding in back behind the foreground buttress at right.
The peak at left is unnamed, a little over 5500 feet (1680m). It is physically separated from the main block of the Chisos Mountains. I'll let the geologists say more about that.
The "peak" at center-left is also unnamed. It's really more of a fin sticking out from the South Rim. The dramatic cliffs behind it mark part of the South Rim. about 7400 feet (2255m).
We started the day at the South Rim. From here we connected to the Dodson Trail and then ascended into the Sierra Quemada, passing to the left of the unnamed peak at left here.
The guidebook says that we should have been following an old ranch fence for a mile or two down Juniper Canyon but we never saw it. So I will wish you a happy no-fence Friday.
Coastal scenes, like this one at Juniper Point, in West Vancouver's Lighthouse Park, are tailor made for long exposures, with waves lapping onto textured rocks creating pools of light.
Juniper Trees and shrubs are a protected species in BC and cannot be cut down. These Evergreens have red berries which look very beautiful when they are out. Saw this tree in a wooded area not far from my home.
I took a trip out to Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver yesterday evening, and headed to the Juniper Point viewpoint.
This is the view looking south from Juniper Point. The foreground cliffs are often used by rock climbers (including some who appeared about two feet in front of me after I'd been there for a few minutes, which gave me quite a surprise!). In the distance can be seen the University Endowment Lands where UBC is located, at the western tip of the peninsula.
This is a three minute exposure taken quite a while after sunset. I was hoping for more colour in the sky, but there was quite a lot of cloud cover, especially to the west. I expect I will revisit this location when a more promising sunset is forecast, however, I like the subtle tones in this photo.
Fuji Neopan Acros 100, 4" x 5", 80 iso, N+1/2 development in Rodinal 1:50, 11:00 minutes, 24C. Taken April 2017. Ebony SV45TU. Schneider Apo-Symmar 135mm.
I like the way Acros renders midtones with a sort of silvery glow. Very fitting of these rough textured juniper trunks. This shot was taken during the Monochrome Guild Spring Photo Weekend. This point of the trip involved a hike up to the summit of Hoodoos Mountain, near Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada.
seems like these eyes are staying - need to get a pair for Flynn, which means I'm might be tempted to pick her up a pair of 14s but I'd be looking at a similar color...
Another archive photo. These gorgeous butterflies can be found around forests with a lot of juniper trees. In the spring the butterflies feed on the wild flowers in the forest.
Yesterday I grabbed my 70-200 and set out to photograph birds in my favorite wooded area. This happens to be near a large stump which we use as a watering station for the birds. I have a folding camping chair that I sit on with my tripod between my legs. It only took a few minutes and there were quite a few birds flittering all around me in the Cedars and Pinyons. This Juniper Titmouse was loving life singing his song and hopping over and dipping in the water for a cool drink, and then back to the branch. Rinse and Repeat !!! I ended up taking a nap in my chair as the birds serenaded me