Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Sunrise snowmaking

As the season is now in that time where little is green or growing, I set off this morning looking for tiny things to photograph. I looked at the designs made by frost. I looked at brown and dried things, some of which were unrecognizable in their current state (though I’m sure I knew what they were when they were green). I looked at twisted vines, frost-stunted mosses, and Christmas ferns laying flat on the forest floor.

And then I turned around and saw the sunrise and decided the little things can wait another day, perhaps for a grey day when winter’s poor morning light foils any attempts at photography. But had I not spent those minutes looking for those little gifts of the forest, I wouldn’t have seen the sun rise in all its glory over the eastern mountains.

2 comments:

John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...

Sometimes if you concentrate on the details the big things in life take care of themselves. I hope so anyway!

Jacqueline Donnelly said...

Breathtaking photo! Lucky for you, you had your camera ready to capture the ephemeral glow.