Swamp water
Bacteria interacting
With iron compounds
Anaerobic bacterial processes reduce iron that occurs naturally in the wet swamp soil producing a thin, opalescent film on the water’s surface.
“One quick field test sometimes suggested for determining whether an iridescent layer on water is from iron bacteria or petroleum is to stir it a bit with a stick.” – Priscilla Hollingsworth
Optical axis perpendicular
Imaginary two dimensional
Front plane focus
On the edge of Ocean Lake, a complex radiation pattern is presented.
“When we focus a camera at an object a definite distance from the camera lens there is a finite range of distances within and beyond the focused object in which everything appears acceptably in focus, while outside that range everything becomes progressively more blurred at increasing distances from the plane of best focus.” – Rudolf Kingslake
Changing arrangement
Become established
New location
Seeking a more favorable fishing venue may involve cognitive decision making functions.
“There is no right or wrong, only a series of possibilities that shift with each thought, feeling, and action that you experience. ” – Deepak Chopra
Conditions existing
Abundantly manifest
Vigorous environment
The drainage ditch creates its own ecosystem.
“Gravity tends to pull fertility downhill.” – Joel Salatin
Different habitats
Alternative phenotypes
Yellow tiger swallowtail
An easement can be a wonderful property feature.
“Since ancient times butterflies, along with dragonflies and bees have been perhaps, the most universally cherished insects by human cultures around the world.” – Stephen Buchmann
High frequency
Fast response
Wing beat
Shot with a Vivitar Series 1 lens: the 800mm f/11 Solid Catadioptric.
“Some of my old memories feel trapped in amber in my brain, lucid and burning, while others are like the wing beat of a hummingbird, an intangible, ephemeral blur.” – Mira Bartok
Displacement motility
Motion shifting
Shore swing
Sometimes conditions facilitate capturing the essence of feeling what it is like to be present in the effervescent moment.
“We ought to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its antecedent state and as the cause of the state that is to follow.” – Pierre Simon de Laplace
Social distancing
Aesthetic arrangement
Congruity correspondence
A gathering of small aphid-like creatures adorn my front window for one afternoon.
“Sometimes you’re the windshield. Sometimes your the bug.” – Mark Knopfler
Spice of life
Natural ingredients
Appealingly effective
Lichen and shadows complement a slab of granite.
“Our experiences are the building blocks of the future hewn out of the granite of the present.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough
Instinctive tendencies
Constantly oscillate
Suppleness of life
In the high desert, many life forms compete for moisture.
“Now the life manifested by an organism is, in our view, a certain effort to obtain certain things from the material world.” – Henri Bergson