Daylight

These pictures were all taken within the last two weeks but their origins are so scattered that me trying to tie them together with some kind of story would be a losing proposition.

I will say that I'm kind of bummed by daylight saving's time pushing the sunrise time earlier. It was kind of nice to be able to sleep until 7:30 and still be able to see the sunrise.

This was taken in the early morning before the dew evaporated off stuff. I thought the low-angle light of the early morning (when the sun is "low angle" it just means that it's low in the sky. As opposed to the light at midday when the sun is overhead and light from it is harsh this low-angle light is generally much better for taking pictures) made some interesting shadows on this leaf.

I had on my rubber boots and was doing my whole streamwalking technique when I came to a pool of slow water and saw these leaves floating on the top of the surface tension.

This was taken in the same stream as the last photograph was in.


This the pod of a milkweed taken with the sun directly behind the pod. That's why the fuzz on the milkweed seeds are so lit up. I guess that I'm assuming that y'all are familiar with the way milkweed seeds are. In case you don't know I'll give a brief description of them. They're kind of like dandelion seeds. They have lots of fuzz that catches the wind and carries seeds around. A little trivia: I've heard of people using milkweed seeds for emergency insulation in clothes...like when you go through ice on a lake. And you can make cord out of the stalks.

I was at Devil's Lake State Park when I saw this leaf and how it makes an interesting contrast with the rock behind it. The rock is a quartzite boulder that had broken off a steep embankment and rolled down to the bottom.