Complexity – Taojones

Nina

Meet our Mexican street dog. On January 3rd, she was still in Los Barriles, Mexico. Today, she was walking in the cold air of our Pacific NW winter. Her home town is at the far south end of the Baja peninsula. We should try to visit there and see if she has any kin we could recognize.

My wife and I have speculated that she may have been rounded up in a sweep of feral dogs.

However she ended up here, we have been lucky to have her. This dog is very sweet. She’s actually snoring softly in her little crate at the foot of our bed right now.

Structures

Structures, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

Here is a tiny blossom that forms at the end of these purple vines. I like the subtlety of this flower. You have to look close to even notice the bloom and the color blends into the rest of the plant.

Little things

Tiny flowers, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

The macro lens lets me explore detailed structures like the inner-workings of these flowers. The plant is actually a weed that I mistook for an aster when it was small. I planted several of these in planters and now I have a small knotweed garden. I probably shouldn’t let these go to seed, but they grow so fast and have interesting flowers. Gratifying.

There was even a hitchiker on the plant – equally beautiful.

Tiny, Ornate Bug, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

Backyard Fireworks

Backyard Fireworks, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

I like how this Douglas Spirea looks when it blooms, It is a stunning flower comprised of hundreds of tiny blossoms.

Before they burst open, they are organized in clusters like grapes. Once the flowers are out, they combine to form a single cone shape like a bottle brush.

Structures

Today I saw a number of interesting textures, colors and patterns.

Structures, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

Cover your eyes, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

Topographic, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

Sea Star, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

Topographic

Topographic, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

Ancient driftwood revealing its years in a unique way.

Redlemutes

CAPTCHA / Chapter One from Gabrielle de Vietri on Vimeo.

Perception of fluency remains despite the undefined nouns.

Redwing

Redwing, a photo by Tygh on Flickr.

I was out at Jackson Bottom today doing some birding and I happened to catch this blackbird near the path.

At the time I took the photo, I didn’t notice the red in feathers on his back. Once I got the picture home and put it up on my larger screen, the scalloped red pattern began to emerge.

I sometimes take these shots through my wife’s birding scope and it is really a matter of luck if the shot comes out. The subject really has to want his photo taken and be willing to sit long enough for me to fire off a half dozen pics. I basically ride the focus ring on the scope to compensate for what is going on with all the lenses.