Plainsboro Preserve revisited - November 2016

Couldn't resist bringing my trusted Tamron 90mm macro lens on my latest excursion to Plainsboro Preserve. It was a fantastic early afternoon with clear skies, crisp lighting and low wind, with the temperatures reaching into low 60s. Hope you enjoy.
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Conifer needle burst

I love the translucency of the berries and the contrast to the blue sky - shot with a telephoto lens

Fantastic gradient

Red cluster with healthy shine

An unusual effect for a macro lens - can you see it?

The old and the new

Soft cap amidst the hard

Interesting looking beetle - steel green

Prickly Pear cactus - native of New York State (so I am told)

An interesting fall pattern

Rebel with a red tip

A larger colony of Prickly Pear cactus

Not sure what these are - but a nice structure - very efficient surface to volume ratio I suppose

Wrinkles of time

Amphibian eye (sort of)

Coded bark - Nature's binary lines. Amazing shades of green.

Frozen ripple

I C U

Green top cap

Camouflage

As the time passes...

Hmmm, Fungi radiance or flat Cabbage Fungi (I am sure it has a proper name)

Rusty

Very interesting Fungi colony. First time I've seen it (correct orientation)

The finer roots of a fallen tree

Gamma Ray Universe on a leaf

Hmmm, Some species of Fungi.

Hollow. This hollow trunk had a metallic sheen to it

Cascade of primitive life over the weathered edge of a concrete cube

The solemn onlooker

Zoom in to see this unusual moss

Twisted embrace

Speckled barbs

Soft light on delicate bark

Dragon armor branch

Contrast

One of the very few remaining Ferns of the season

Got lost again, but was rewarded by this shot.

Well, hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to comment. Yours truly. Arthur

A poem to Tim Grant - for Coldplay to perform (that'd be awesome)

Dear Coldplay,
My daughter, Nina, is your huge fan. Once in everyone's lifetime there's a moment that opens one's door to something bigger, something other than the immediate reality, something that inspires and moves. Moves the soul, moves you to positive action. That song, by which my daughter discovered you was Clocks. Several years forward and she is still in love with you. Nina recently showed me your video - Adventure of a Lifetime - and I loved it (go Dad!). That song transported me to my days of childhood - the days of uncomplicated happiness. I loved the lyrics too.
I wrote a short poem for Tim Grant (the main character of Ci is for Cireelia - The Journey Yet Unknown) and if you'd like please take it, modify it and use it if you wish. It's yours to perform. Just to hear you live in concert on July 16th will be awesome!

Tims's Dream by Arthur Areyan

In a tiny room, full of gray
A boy's dream was his only way
To escape crushing walls
Filled with silent Ether

The boy, well he said:
Imagine the time
Imagine the place
When everything bright
And everything great
Was in your open hand

The world without hate
The world filled with love
Made by you
Made by me
For you
For me

This time is now, I say
This place is here
Your love for me is
My love for you
It's in you
It's in me

The boy's mind soared
Above the roofs, above the clouds
And to the stars
His mind's drive roared
To claim that dream
For you
For me


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