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Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:50 am
by ShadowFun
agent0013 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:43 pm
*Whispers*
She didn't mention the lock! Maybe you'll be okay!
Lock, what lock???
I certainly must know nothing about the item you are whispering about. And anyway, I’m not responsible for what the Minxes choose to adorn themselves with… even if said item existed.
That’s my story and I’m sticking with it!
john1972 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:57 pm
Yay
.
It is starting to warm up around here some too..
I can not wait to get out and start taking pics again
Cedar and I like snow… but I’m definitely ready for more warmth and flowers!
I’m hoping to catch a few more orchids in bloom again. I was surprised by them last year, and I’m not organized enough to know when various flowers are supposed to bloom.
But I’m sure aware of when the mosquitoes will arrive…
Squeaky Bonus!
- Hoomans Everywhere 9.JPG (4.88 MiB) Viewed 563 times
Yesterday, one of our first off-trail stops was at a small clutch of cedar trees. This isn’t the section of cedars that we usually shoot at. That group is right at the trailhead… and was swamped with people yesterday.
Typically, I scramble to this spot when the ground is frozen and it’s snowy. The area the trees are in is firm, but it’s boggy all around them. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get to the one cedar tree overhanging the creek without likely going ankle deep in the muck.
In these pics, Cedar is standing on a massive burl at the base of a tree. It’s a pretty spot, and I don’t take as many pics of the little Luv here as I should.
Thanks for stopping by everyone!
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:37 am
by LoneRanger
Let's hope that Cedar is immune to musiques and other bugs for that matter!
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:03 pm
by Vicvic
Cedar in the wild... It's great!
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:57 am
by ShadowFun
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:41 pm
by Pia
Cedar is so beautiful in the forest and the soft moss is great
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:43 pm
by ShadowFun
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:37 am
by 4891d
As a child, I went frog fishing once, with a country boy I had met on vacation.
I remember he lured them with a little red cloth on the end of a thin stick.
These are old memories that Cedar brings back.
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:19 am
by ShadowFun
4891d wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:37 am
As a child, I went frog fishing once, with a country boy I had met on vacation.
I remember he lured them with a little red cloth on the end of a thin stick.
These are old memories that Cedar brings back.
Fishing??? I hadn’t considered that maybe Cedar wanted to EAT the frogs!
The sound of springtime frog ponds brings back a lot of memories for me too. Unfortunately, the arrival of the frogs usually means the mosquitoes are not far behind…
Pia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:41 pm
Cedar is so beautiful in the forest and the soft moss is great
Thanks Pia! I hope your little friends can find some moss to play on too!
Bonus Frog Watching!
- Frog Time 8.JPG (6.67 MiB) Viewed 355 times
- Frog Time 9.JPG (6.7 MiB) Viewed 355 times
Yesterday’s real objective was to get a photo of Cedar on a mossy log over the water for her Cat E entry… the frog ruckus was just a bonus!
This spot in the Forest is a swampy marshland, where a natural spring feeds the headwaters of a local river. Consequently, there are moss-covered logs over water EVERYWHERE… it’s getting to them that’s the trouble.
I had to pick my path carefully through the underbrush in order to get close to the water’s edge. It took quite a while to find a spot where I could reach a log, and get close enough with my camera to make the shot. I considered many places that would have been more awkward… and risky… but thankfully, I moved on.
I’m a clumsy guy… one wrong step would’ve had me swimming with the frogs!
Thanks for stopping by everyone!
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:25 pm
by Vicvic
Well done to you and Cedar for these beautiful humid forest photos.
The mischievous little elf knows how to capture your attention on plants and frogs!
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:36 pm
by ShadowFun
Vicvic wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:25 pm
Well done to you and Cedar for these beautiful humid forest photos.
The mischievous little elf knows how to capture your attention on plants and frogs!
She certainly does Victor! Here’s one more bonus photo from our previous outing. I forgot to post it!
- Hoomans Everywhere 11.JPG (4.34 MiB) Viewed 319 times
Thanks for stopping by!
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:49 pm
by agent0013
ShadowFun wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:43 pm
“But it’ll be mucky and FUN! Giggle!!!”
How dare you not give her what she wants!
Lovely photos as always!
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:33 am
by ShadowFun
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:09 am
by john1972
Yay did you help her wipe the dirt off her boobies
..
One of my medium format lenses quit working
..
I have to pull that apart and find out what is up with that or ill have to use the older one ..
I am bummed..
I already shot two rolls of black and white on 35mm cameras this spring but after fixing the focus screen issues and
getting better lens (The one that suddenly quit
) I thought I was ready to go out and start shooting very soon
with the medium format cameras but ehhhhh
.
Things just never do seem to go as planned lol.
I do hope to actually do an entire shoot on film this summer with some of the girls.
Maybe I will wait till you come for a visit and do it then and we can take Sabrina and maybe cedar can come and those two
can play around in the woods around here ...
LOTS of woods around here lol.
Also have you developed that roll of film you was shooting when you came to visit last time?
Maybe I can talk you into bringing a camera and ill toss you a roll of film and you can leave it here when you go and ill put it
with mine and at the end of the season when I do my dev session ill develop both rolls and I can share the photos on here..
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:14 am
by Vicvic
Beautiful series of photos of Cedar among the daffodils, blue periwinkle, magnolia soulangeana flowers...
I didn't recognize the second to last one... It's a fruit tree, maybe an apple tree...
Re: In a Forest of Tiny Minxes
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:51 am
by ShadowFun
john1972 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:09 am
Yay did you help her wipe the dirt off her boobies
..
Also have you developed that roll of film you was shooting when you came to visit last time?
Uhhh… certainly you meant to ask if I’ve FINISHED shooting the roll? Which I haven’t… lol.
Sorry to hear about your lens woes! Hopefully it becomes a new and interesting puzzle and not a disaster. I’m looking forward to hanging out too!
Vicvic wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:14 am
Beautiful series of photos of Cedar among the daffodils, blue periwinkle, magnolia soulangeana flowers...
I didn't recognize the second to last one... It's a fruit tree, maybe an apple tree...
Thanks Victor! I think that tree is some kind of crabapple… but I really don’t know. The Gardens have so many unusual trees that I’ve given up trying to identify them.
Bonus Giggle!
- Blossom Time 7.JPG (4.91 MiB) Viewed 179 times
Cedar’s “outfit” got a little wild in this shot.
Even though I started our story off with a trip to the Persephone sculpture, it actually was our last stop. I was rushing to finish up and get to work. I shot two different angles of Cedar posed here before I noticed that her sash got all sideways.
I guess it was windy out… from too many blowing kisses!
Thanks for stopping by everyone!