Springtime awakenings
The early springtime forest has countless wonders to share with those willing to look. Quiet and understated, the ephemeral flowers and mushrooms revel in a few weeks of life and lust before retiring for another year. By the time the tulip poplars are fully leafed out, most of these quiet beauties will have faded almost entirely.
Far from showy, paw paw blossoms still possess a quiet beauty all their own.
After a snow-filled winter and a soggy, cool March, the mushrooms are truly glorious this year.
Cristina Santiestevan is an environmental writer and communications consultant. She writes about issues as varied as clouded leopards in Thailand, climate change in American forests and mushroom foraging in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Her work appears in magazines, museum exhibits and nonprofit publications.
April 7th, 2010at 7:52 pm(#)
Ooo. I like the light in the mushroom photo. And the leaf. It really shows how spring bursts through the old foliage. Nice shot.
April 7th, 2010at 8:19 pm(#)
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April 8th, 2010at 8:59 am(#)
Thanks, Dominick. I spent a good five minutes lying in dirt and leaves to get this shot, playing with angles and such. I’m a big fan of trying for unusual perspectives in my photos. You get to see the world from a whole different point of view.