Nature – Page 17 – Dan Routh Photography

Natural Patterns

Patterns abound in nature as seen in a couple of still life photographs. Above, the wind creates waves in the sand on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, while below, bacteria produces river-like patterns in a pool near a geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Sweet Gum Tree

Nature, Still Life

Farther down in our pasture on our farm in Randolph County is a large sweet gum tree. It’s a spot I find myself returning to from time to time and year to year to make photographs. Not as colorful as maples in the fall, I somehow find the gum tree more interesting; the shape of a leaf on a lichen covered rock, and of course those prickly gum balls that are still green this time of year. Glad they’re in the pasture and not in my yard.

Mushrooms in the Pasture

Nature, Still Life

A walk in the pasture at our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina turned up these tiny mushrooms popping up through the grass. And yes, that is what it looks like in the bottom left of the image. Watch your step!

Thistles

Nature, Thistle

It’s the time of year when wild plants start to grow on our farm in Randolph County. We have an abundance of thistle. They are weeds, but the birds love them, so we let them grow for the most part. Here are a couple of images from behind my barn.

A Taste of Spring

Nature

Crazy weather. From 16° and four inches of snow just a week ago to 80° weather this week, things have been changing quickly. The warm temperatures have brought out the blossoms as this photograph of blooming plum trees at my home near Greensboro shows. Is Spring on it’s way, or is nature just pulling our leg?

Osprey

Nature

Osprey in flight near Morehead City, North Carolina.

Fall Leaves

Nature

I pulled off on the way to work in Greensboro this morning and grabbed a quick shot of a tree I pass every day. The leaves this year are really spectacular around here. Don’t know what that means in terms of our upcoming winter. I’m sure the old folks around here can tell me.