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South Fork Quantico Creek After the Rain /  by Todd Henson

South Fork Quantico Creek after the rain

At the end of May, on Memorial Day, we had an early rain. It was a fairly light rain, so when it ended I packed up my camera and tripod and headed into the forest looking for a particular stretch of creek I very much enjoy. The trails were a bit muddy, but not too bad, and the recent rain helped saturate the greens of the wet leaves and the browns and greys of the rocks along the creek.

This is such a beautiful and relaxing stretch of creek, and I was fortunate there were still some mountain laurel blooming along the creekside. Times like this can really help make up for some of the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

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Passing Petals /  by Todd Henson

Walking by I notice a bit of color on a green leaf, fallen petals from a wild geranium.

Most often I seek to photograph flowers in their prime, looking for those perfect specimens with beautifully shaped petals, full of color and life. But there is also plenty of beauty to be found in the latter stages of a flower’s existence, when its petals have faded, wilted, perhaps even fallen.

The season has passed, its time is done, a white trillium with wilted petals.

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Blue Ridge Texture /  by Todd Henson

Blue Ridge Texture

Very near the white trilliums I spoke of in a previous post, I found this section of cliffside along Skyline Drive, the road over top the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park. Something about the color and texture drew my attention, as often happens with this sort of scene, busy as it is. The day began overcast and ended in storms, and this photo was created in that brief moment of transition between the two.

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