Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Nature Notes: Small Pleasures

A Taste of Summer

Foraging doesn't get much better than wild bramble berries. They are tiny, but with all the rain this year they are plump and plentiful.

Rain is good for spiderwebs, too, transforming a messy mass into a veil of diamonds.

Rain Dance



Captive


    
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8 comments:

eileeninmd said...

The berries look yummy! And the spiders web looks cool wet! Great photos!

EG CameraGirl said...

I LOVE people who can see the bright side of rain. ;)) And I want to reach into my computer and snag some of those berries.

Karen said...

Wild berries are the best! Great spiderweb captures!

Rambling Woods said...

Oh I used to love to pick them at the cabin as a kid.. True organics.. I also love the spider webs..wow.. Michelle

simply bev said...

Oh my gosh, your spider web photos are amazing!

Carver said...

The berries look delicious and I love the web shot.

KL said...

How did you capture that spider web? It's beautiful. What settings did you have on the camera? I find them very difficult to capture.

MyMaracas said...

KL - I used two different cameras on these. The first was with a Canon Rebel. I shot it in aperture mode and used manual focus. The second was with a G9 point-and-shoot set to macro. Both would have been better had I used a tripod.

These are on Flickr, so if you click them you'll go there. Click on the three dots below the photos and choose Exif data to see more about the settings. Good luck!