Sweetgum Project 2.2 - March 21
Continuing chronicling the growth of a couple American Sweetgum trees (see the last few posts for details), here's how they looked as of March 21 (a bit of a cloudy day).
Continued in the next post.
21 Mar 2010
Sweetgum Project 2.1 - March 14
The last three posts featured an American Sweetgum tree that was near my front door in my condo complex, showing the growth of a particular branch over the course of three consecutive Sundays, starting what I'd called the Sweetgum Project. The intent was to chronicle that branch as it developed over the next months.
That was the plan. However, between March 7 and 14 the tree I'd been shooting got removed. (The story of that can be read here.) I could have just given up after the original idea got cut down (literally), but after getting over some initial disappointment I looked around, saw there were still two other Sweetgum trees in the courtyard, and decided to carry on with those. So these shots commence the Sweetgum Project 2.0.
These trees may not have been at exactly the same state of development as the one from the Project 1.0, but we'll assume they were. So we'll start this post with some shots of similar branches, how they looked on March 14.
Continued in the next post.
14 Mar 2010
That was the plan. However, between March 7 and 14 the tree I'd been shooting got removed. (The story of that can be read here.) I could have just given up after the original idea got cut down (literally), but after getting over some initial disappointment I looked around, saw there were still two other Sweetgum trees in the courtyard, and decided to carry on with those. So these shots commence the Sweetgum Project 2.0.
These trees may not have been at exactly the same state of development as the one from the Project 1.0, but we'll assume they were. So we'll start this post with some shots of similar branches, how they looked on March 14.
Sweetgum Project 1.3 - March 7
Continuing the chronicle of this American Sweetgum tree in my condo complex courtyard. This project was explained in this post that started the series.
This is the next in the series of how the tree looked on March 7, a week after the second post. Again, it kicks off with a shot of highest branch (like the previous posts), to show the growth progression (still rather subtle). Below that more shots of it, along with other branches on the tree. (Yes, I shot in the morning, when it was sunny with some clouds, and a bit in the afternoon, after the clouds brought some rain.)
Continued in the next post.
7 Mar 2010
This is the next in the series of how the tree looked on March 7, a week after the second post. Again, it kicks off with a shot of highest branch (like the previous posts), to show the growth progression (still rather subtle). Below that more shots of it, along with other branches on the tree. (Yes, I shot in the morning, when it was sunny with some clouds, and a bit in the afternoon, after the clouds brought some rain.)
7 Mar 2010
Sweetgum Project 1.2 - February 28
Continuing the chronicle of this American Sweetgum tree in my condo complex courtyard. This project was explained in the previous post.
This is the next in the series of how the tree looked a week later, on February 28, starting with a shot of highest branch (the same subject as the first shot in the previous post, to show the subtle progression), followed by more of that and other branches.
Continued with the following week's shots in the next post.
28 Feb 2010
This is the next in the series of how the tree looked a week later, on February 28, starting with a shot of highest branch (the same subject as the first shot in the previous post, to show the subtle progression), followed by more of that and other branches.
Continued with the following week's shots in the next post.
28 Feb 2010
Sweetgum Project 1.1 - February 21
Back in mid-February I got the idea to chronicle in photographs the growth of the leaves on a tree in the courtyard of the complex where I live. There's a number of trees, but for simple reasons of proximity I chose the American Sweetgum closest to my front door.
I'd captured the tree in the past (as seen in these posts), but that was showing the changing of leaves in the autumn. In February the tree was complete barren, without a single leave or pod on it, so this seemed like a good time to start the project. I figured that I'd make a point of getting detailed shots focusing on a specific branch (the highest one) as the one to track the progress of how the leaves and other blooms developed, along with getting general shots of other branches just as accompaniment.
Given the rate of growth I figured that shooting once a week would be sufficient; that should allow for there to be at least some modestly noticeable differences.
Here's how it looked on February 21, starting with the shot of that highest branch:
Continued with the following week's shots in the next post.
21 Feb 2010
I'd captured the tree in the past (as seen in these posts), but that was showing the changing of leaves in the autumn. In February the tree was complete barren, without a single leave or pod on it, so this seemed like a good time to start the project. I figured that I'd make a point of getting detailed shots focusing on a specific branch (the highest one) as the one to track the progress of how the leaves and other blooms developed, along with getting general shots of other branches just as accompaniment.
Given the rate of growth I figured that shooting once a week would be sufficient; that should allow for there to be at least some modestly noticeable differences.
Continued with the following week's shots in the next post.
21 Feb 2010
Hummingbird, part IV (mom and the babies)
Concluding the series of shots of the hummingbird nest in our condo complex. These were taken one day after the previous post.
Here the two babies in the nest cry out for their mother (who my wife dubbed Dolores).
There she is.
8 May 2010
Hummingbird, part III (more with the babies)
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