The Cormorant, the Dragonfly, and the Bee: rain

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

A Cape Cod Beach

We spent a few mid-December days on the Cape as a mini-vacation. The weather turned quite cold and rainy for a good portion of our visit. After a mid-storm walk on the beach one day, we enjoyed a second walk along the same (Dennis) beach the next day, after the wet weather broke but the wind had picked up. That's when I took these photos.

This is my last post of 2019.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Beach Rocks

Long Shadows

Long Shadows 2

Storm Mostly Over

True Grit

Toward the Dunes

Heading Home on a Cold Windy Beach Day

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Autumn Leaves After the Rain

All photos in this post were taken the morning after a night with rainfall. The cloudy weather added a pleasant ambiance to the mood. Several of the photos are of spiraea (also spelled 'spirea') and smoke bush (aka 'smoketree').

Wet Spiraea #1

Wet Spiraea #2

Garden Clump

Single Smoke Bush Leaf #1

Single Smoke Bush Leaf #2

Single Smoke Bush Leaf #3

Smoke Bush Leaf Tongue

Fall Curve

Yellow-Green Veins

Smoke Bush Leaf Team

Wet Spiraea #3

Wet Spiraea #4

Friday, September 27, 2019

Rain Effect

As a followup to my last post, here are some more photos of plants in our garden the morning after rain.

Drops Aplenty

Folds Invite

This next specimen looks like maybe it's had too much rain, having a bit of a weary look. I still liked it for its character: still standing strong out in the garden.

Bedraggled and Still Glorious

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Before the Rain

Our third day staying in Lubec brought us a weather forecast of hard rain all day. We got a bit lucky as the rain managed to hold off for most of the morning and even slightly after the noon hour. We just finished our hike on the Ridge Trail at Bog Cove when the sky let loose an impressive rain. Today's post contains the photos before that, and also some mid-afternoon marsh/flats shots of an area just south of Quoddy head that we passed on the way back, during a break in the rain.

Lush Mist

Cove Below

Looking Down

We saw a lot of white moss on the Ridge Trail.

Winter White

Ridge Zone

Helping Ladder

The Trail Beckons

We'd gotten so used to various types of moss and wildflowers everywhere that these tall grasses were a rare site on this particular trail.

No Need to Mow

Bunches on Trees

The remaining photos below were all taken from roughly the same spot. As mentioned, there was a break in the rain, and we'd pulled off the road to get a better look.

Marsh Stage Left

Marsh Stage Right

Middle Marsh

Is this called a tiny lighthouse?

Lighthouse in the Flats

Because this particular area has such a gentle slope, the water moves out a considerable distance during low tide.

Back in Six Hours

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Dragonfly Festival 2016 Take Two

After reviewing my photos from yesterday's Dragonfly Festival, I decided several more are blogworthy, and therefore decided this follow-on post was in order.

In addition I meant to mention in yesterday's post that conditions were not particularly ideal for taking photos: bright sunny day it was not, at least during the time Deb and I visited the Festival. Usually it rains a little before it rains a lot, but not yesterday. We were treated to a rare "instant deluge" of rain! Fortunately, most vendors had tent tops, and most of the Festival attendees made their way quickly under the nearest tent when the deluge began. I was able to do the same, though not until my camera equipment managed to get a little wet. Fortunately, my gear is designed to be "weatherproof", so after a quick wipe off, and waiting for the rain to stop, I was able to continue my photo taking.

As mentioned, the darker skies created extra difficulty for some of my shots. Many photos in yesterday's post and this post are at ISO 3200 and ISO 6400. Also, unlike my photos at last year's Dragonfly Festival, this year I decided to take many with my 75-300mm (150-600mm equivalent) telephoto lens. So, while I could "bring the action in closer" for my shots, a few of them were not quite as sharp as I'd like since highly zoomed shots normally require much faster shutter speeds and that's hard to do successfully on a dark day, where one needs to let as much light in through the lens as possible.

This next photo is the only one in this post taken with my 12-40mm lens.

Closer View of Dancer

Idyllic Setting

Brass Player

Sharing Under the Rain

Pushing Off Rain Water With Several Helpers

Dragonfly Festival Organizers Steve and Andrea Enjoying the Event

Dragonfly Studio Color

Gabrielle and Other Vendors

That's Chuck on the left in this next photo. I didn't realize he was in the shot 'till later. He's the official inventor of the floating fire devices.