Pale seed heads and fragile moth bodies. Last year’s life.
© Karen McRae, 2019
seed heads
Everything Old is New Again? (more frozen flora)
Sometimes we have all the weather at the same time and this is what you end up with when the sun comes out the next day. 
Spot the rabbit?
Best wishes for 2019! ❄️
© Karen McRae, 2019
Ligularia
Pink-fluff seed heads of a ligularia plant in my garden. When the plant is in flower the petals are a bright yellow, but it’s these delicate rosy seed heads of autumn that truly catch my eye.
© Karen McRae, 2015
Residual Garden
These are macro photographs of some of the little seedheads in my garden that are no bigger than my thumbnail. They have been mostly snuggled under snow for eternity the winter… But today spring actually seemed like it temporarily meant business and it got to work rolling back those white carpets that have been covering the fields and lawns and sleepy flowerbeds. A brilliant day full of warmth, sunshine and riotous birdsong. Who could possibly stay indoors?
[From the series In Transition: Seedhead Series. (click on images to view them larger)]
© Karen McRae, 2015
Winter Field ~ Sunflowers
I meant to come here in the summer (and the autumn) to study this field of sunflowers in full bloom but here I am only managing to photograph them in January while their dark heads are bowed with the weight of winter.
Karen McRae, 2015
The Undergrowth (mostly)
Snowshoes and late afternoon.
[Just before the sun slipped its hands over the horizon it reached out for the undergrowth and the tiny transparent seed pods (wild mustard, maybe?) caught my eye as they were momentarily lit up like mini lightsabers. At first I dismissed these images but when I came back to them they seemed to have a real sense of the intimacy and magic of the woods in late day.]
© Karen McRae, 2014
Caught Up
© Karen McRae, 2014
Seed Heads and Spider Legs
Remnants from last year, including the spider legs! You may notice there is not much of a body to go with these spider legs but the legs themselves were quite well-preserved.
© Karen McRae, 2014
Coming to Life
A rather awkward little animation but it was fun to make. The subject is a seed head from my garden photographed at slightly different angles to allow for movement and then layered and animated in Photoshop.
Unfortunately it cannot be turned off but below is a still image of the same subject for visual relief. GIFs can get annoying very quickly! It’s not something I would usually post (although I’ve made a few other unskilled animations over the years), but for some reason I keep picturing this little dragon breathing…
What’s growing in your garden?
© Karen McRae, 2014
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