(Photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Another doorway, this one from Spencer, North Carolina.
Category: Still Life
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.
(Photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Mason Jar
(Photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
An old mason jar sits as a still-life in an out-building on our farm, forgotten by the years.
Sweet Gum Tree
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.
(photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Mushrooms in the Pasture
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
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!
Shitake Mushrooms
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
I saw these mushrooms at the fall open house at Goat Lady Dairy. Several people were there demonstrating sustainable agriculture. These were grown in western North Carolina on red oak logs.
Purple Coneflower
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A late summer purple coneflower from the garden.
Figs Revisited
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Still-life of figs from our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. These ended up as preserves for the winter.
Gathered Eggs
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
The daily take from our modest flock of chickens on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
Dragon’s Tongue Beans
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Photograph of red striped beans from the Piedmont Triad Farmer’s Market. I enjoy going by the market because I get to see produce that we don’t tradionally grow here in North Carolina.
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