Pine Pollen Study (image heavy)

[purplehaze]

The weekend that I shot the whiskey jacks was also memorable for the pine pollen. I had never before been in the boreal forest during that week that the pine cones are bursting and all I can say is that it is a good thing I am not allergic, because I could not get enough of the stuff.

These are some of the male jack pine cones that were releasing the pollen.

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The pollen collected most noticeably along the shoreline of the lake.

#2
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It clung to rocks and was in some places, unbelievably thick.

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I was fascinated by the patterns it formed in the water.

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#6
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#7
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Even where it thinned out, it created interesting effects.

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C&C welcome.

[pnodrog]

#3 is my favorite but I like all the abstracts. The one showing the lake is spoiled a bit by the yellow rope but I am glad you included just to clarify what we are looking at. If I was roaming around there I would have taken 100's of shots and then got totally confused about which one worked best.

[bnnrcn]

I think you have been in an abstract phase Janis I really like #7. BTW the lake seems to be a place which is worth shooting too.

[Kaye Leggett]

A beatufiul set of shots - I can see a least a couple of these printed large and on a wall

[Mike Buckley]

This is such an interesting, beautiful and informative series of images. The seventh image is just stunning on several levels (composition, texture, color, and realism vs. abstraction)!

[Wavelength]

Excellent set of images

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[Geoff F]

All work well for me. An interesting subject.

[IzzieK]

All of them are absolutely beautiful, Janis...I particularly like #2 #3 and #7...very artsy...

Richard, the rope you see there is Janiz' lifeline, just in case she slips on the rocks.

[FootLoose]

I like the 4th shot, Janis, there are some very interesting textures in there. That and the 7th could be taken for an aerial shots.

[purplehaze]

Thanks for all the kind comments. I was kicking myself when I got these up on the computer as most suffered from too slow a shutter speed or too shallow a DOF, both sacrificed to my fetish for low ISO. I can only hope that I get another opportunity some day. You're right, Binnur, that the lake itself deserved some attention, but the stay was too short and the company too good to spend all my time shooting. The few landscapes I got do not look like anything special to me right now, but perhaps when my PP skills go to the next level, I will look upon them differently.