Mike Moats

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Still Waiting On Spring

I got out to shoot last Thursday and did find a few late blooming bloodroot, but haven’t processed them yet.  Still lacking on new growth as the only thing showing was some coiled up Skunk Cabbage and a few emerging Mayapples.  I did get a little creative with an interesting formation on a stump I found last fall.  At the time I found it I shot it with some small white flowers I found in a field but wasn’t happy with the lack of color.  My wife had bought some flowers from the store call Sun Stars,  I carried them with me to use with this stump idea.  Shot both images with my Fuji S5 and a Tamron 90mm macro lens, f/stop at f/32 .

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After I finished shooting this one I was heading back to the trail I came in on and found a large Turkey feather.  I always keep interesting finds as it could come in handy combining it with another subject.  I went to visit another downed tree trunk that also had some interesting patterns in the wood.  I combined the Turkey feather with this stump.  You sometimes have to use your imagination when waiting for spring to showed up.

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In a few days I’ll post one of the Bloodroot flowers I shot on this day.

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  1. That stump is pretty wild Mike. Looks a it like an open mouth with some sharp teeth in it.

    Comment by Mark | May 1, 2009 | Reply

  2. Mike: Good job using your imagination! I like both images a lot. You have a gift for putting disparate elements together to create a beautiful image.

    Comment by Anita | May 6, 2009 | Reply


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