Tag: Stream

Hobler Park Stream Clean

I racked my brain dry for this week's Lens Artist Photo Challenge. I have photos of birds in flight, air balloons, and planes in my Adobe Lightroom catalogue, but none are recent, and have already posted to this website. I don't want to repeat my images.

Currently, I can only capture bird photos in my backyard since I don't have a birding lens. Air balloon events won't take place until summer, and I'm not comfortable flying during a pandemic. Additionally, it's still too early in the year for ballooning in New Jersey.

The schedule of lens artist projects has been out of sync with my photography schedule. I found myself skipping a few of the challenges (as I will this week) and I thought the next.

24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
24 April 2021 · FujiFilm X-T2 · XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR

Not yet

I was feeling stir crazy. I have not been outside the house since Wednesday. I bundled up and took a walk over to the stream in the forest behind the playground near my home. In the past, I had seen skunk cabbage, an indicator that spring has sprung, growing here.

The air was cold and crisp, and a steady breeze blew against my exposed cheeks. The path to the stream leads behind the tennis courts to an open grassy area with a volleyball net. The grass was soggy wet, but I made my way through to the muddy area under the trees. There were lots of small dead branches across the swampy area under the trees.

I made my way down to the stream. No ice. Usually, the side of the stream would be lined with ferns and skunk cabbage growing in dense clusters. Not today. Not yet.