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A close-up of the leaves of the cottonwood tree. The geometry of the small shadows is surprising, and I expect I will revisit that next year.
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I finished Murderbot 7. It started a bit slow, but more than made up for it. Thanks to all who recommended the series.
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After fnishing with Thanksgiving photos, I discovered a set I’d shot before I left town, celebrating the colors of late fall.
Nathan Lane provides the best caption for this photo, I think.
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Last of the Thanksgiving photos, I really enjoyed photographing agave again. I live a bit out of their range, but I’m considering planting one anyway, just to be able to photograph one regularly.
The first one looks unexpectedly like a dragon.
Agave leaves grow in a central column, so tightly packed together, that each leaf leaves an impression on its neighbors. As they mature, they lean backwards, eventually ending up on the ground.
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Another collection of photos from Thanksgiving in greater Pasadena. These feature the great light towards the end of the day, when clouds came and covered the mountains for a while.
I love deciduous trees in winter. It’s like getting to see a schematic of life.
Jacaranda trees are a favorite of L.A. landscapers. There are no purple flowers at this time of year, but I find the openness and geometry of their branches alluring.
A bank of dark grey clouds covered half the sky in the afternoon.
A bit of blue to go with the green and grey.
In full daylight, these high tension power lines are pretty camouflaged, but they show up brightly in these conditions.
The abundance of succulents in yards is something I miss from my days in San Diego.
Conical evergeens, Cyprus trees, I think, make for good silhouettes.
And, of course, you can’t swing a camera in greater Los Angeles without hitting palm trees.
Later, the large bank of clouds moved on and remnants turned pink in the sunset.
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Whenever I visit my friends in the greater Pasadena area, I walk around their garden, yard, and neighborhood, collecting vast quantities of photos of flora. Here are some I took this Thanksgiving.
In the suburbs, I often get out the macro lens, because I don’t care for parked cars in my backgrounds. Back-lighting is great for studying leaves (Collard, in this case).
Any sort of back-lit greenery fascinates me, really. These Spear Lilies tend to have a fan of leaves that are easy to line up.
Wanted: Ivy. Dead or Alive.
The Collards did well this year, as did the Mexican Sage (I think) in the background.
An odd combination, but the geometries always catches my eye.
The oranges looked so juicy, but were not ripe yet, so all I could do was drool and shoot.
My friends have pepper trees, and it is always bemusing to see the peppercorns in their natural state, rather than in a jar.
This pepper tree has magnificent bones. I photograph them every time I visit.
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Sunday breakfast.
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The Thanksgiving day loaf.
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We ate an alien for dinner yesterday. And we were thankful for it.
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Morning at the dining table, as yet not fully tidied after the previous night. We had an excellent meal, followed by some cribbage that went decidedly in my favor.
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