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Pictures for Pam, Day 75: Tangled Grass

Pictures for Pam, Day 75: Tangled Grass
(+3 insets!) (this image really shines at full size!)

Here's another picture from San Anselmo! On our second hike into the hills, we walked back through the residential streets to get home. Along the way was an endless stream of cool things to take pictures of. I was on a forced march though because Steve and Nathalie rarely stopped to wait for me, so I had to take pictures quickly and move on. I did manage to get some really cool shots though…many hundreds of pictures actually! :D

As I trailed behind Steve and Nathalie, I got a really cute picture of a sparrow in a tree, and later a darling hummingbird! At one point we all saw a bird that was hovering on the wind and I got several pictures that turned out! And Steve and Nathalie never noticed that an American Kestral was sitting in a tree nearby, but I did! :)

As we emerged into the residential neighborhood, I nearly began hyperventilating with all the sights in front of me. There was a lovely garden with wonderful landscaping and they used many kinds of ornamental grass species to dress it up. One group that caught my eye had some peculiar grass I'd not seen before. I saw that a pair of feathery stems had become intertwined and I couldn't resist trying to capture the beautiful tangle. I usually have very little luck with this sort of thing because my depth of field is usually too shallow or there's too much stuff behind that detract from the delicate grass. However, I will always continue to try improving on my failures because at some point I just HAVE to succeed. And so I did on this day! I don't know what kind of grass this is but it's lovely and this pair reminds me of a delicate sculpture. Kind of like a pair of hands clinging to one another.

I am also including insets of the birds that I saw on our walk!

Pam, I did a search on your photo stream for birds and my! You've gotten very lucky with some wonderful pictures! I am so envious--even CARDINALS!! Sensational! This collage you presented has me bouncing with joy, you lucky lady! There are so many wonderful bird pictures that wasn't able to look at even a fraction of them, but I also loved your Papa Bluebird collage too, the splishy-splashy bird bath images are just so much fun! I hope that you get the chance to take more pictures sometime soon, I love your photography so much. Sending my love on this cold and brisk day!

Explored on 1/23/19, highest placement, #1.

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36 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome shot and PIPs!

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5 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Excellent photo, Janet! Such brilliant and intricate detail!
The bird photos are also perfectly captured! I love them all:)
5 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
The grass is exquisite with the lighting and the soft background. Well done!
5 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
FROM YOU WHO TAKES SUCH WONDERFUL PHOTOS THAT IS IIMDDEED A COMPLIMENT

THANKYOU
5 years ago.
 uwschu
uwschu club
Lichtdurchflutet, die Sonne lacht :-)!
Schöne Aufnahmen
5 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
ist das schön lockig ♥♥
zuerst dachte ich, es seine Schneeflocken darin
5 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Beautiful !!!
5 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Beautifully delicate discovery, and so well composed. And that bird collage on notes is very inspiring. Very creative framing on that!
5 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Delightful wispy capture it looks so fragile but tough as nails, A lovely series of images including the bird collage,
5 years ago.
 L. L. Wall
L. L. Wall club
... ethereal diamonds of pampas grass ...

... and a wintertime hummingbird !! ... on East Coast (well, Mid-Atlantic and north), an inconceivable concept ...
5 years ago.
 Ko Hummel
Ko Hummel club
some beautifull winterly pictures, even a hummingbird
5 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Gorgeous light and wonderful details Janet.
5 years ago.
 Dominique 60
Dominique 60 club
le second planlui va très bien janet !!
5 years ago.
 Graham Chance
Graham Chance club
Beautiful close-up Janet. Lovely lighting.
5 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Wonderful filigran shapes ! Very nice winter impression, Janet !
5 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
WOWWWWWWW, marvelous, Janet !! Love the Pips, but my favor goes to the main picture which is soooooo pretty *********************
5 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
Excellent capture!
5 years ago.
 micritter
micritter
Absolutely gorgeous! Perfect sharpness and depth of field. Lovely background colors. And the insets with the birds are fantastic too!
5 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
It looks marvellous in this light, you caught all the details beautifully and managed to blur the background very nicely. The birds in the notes are also lovely!
5 years ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
amazing details...
5 years ago.
 John Cass
John Cass
Wonderful light and detail.
5 years ago.
 Nicole Merdrignac
Nicole Merdrignac club
Très jolies photo nature avec notes. Nicole.
5 years ago.
 Boarischa Krautmo
Boarischa Krautmo club
beautiful.
5 years ago.
 Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
This is a real beauty ! ******
Have a lovely evening, Janet.
5 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
"The beauty of nature lies in the details" I don't know if this quote is completely correct or who said it, but it's something I read in a photography book once and remembered.

It sums up this image perfectly. That lovely smooth background and the gorgeous light would have meant nothing if you hadn't captured those wonderfully delicate details in the grasses. This is just perfect Janet..!!

I like the bird images in the PiPs too, especially the 2nd one! Very nicely done!
5 years ago.
 aNNa schramm
aNNa schramm club
the skirt of a fairy :-))
a wonderful delicate detail . I love the blurred background
warm greetings aNNa*
5 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Interesting fine structures. Beautifully composed shot!
5 years ago.
 Jocelyne Villoing
Jocelyne Villoing club
Une graminée saisie avec élégance Janet, j'adore !***********
5 years ago.
 Josiane Dirickx
Josiane Dirickx club
Superbe cliché ! Tout un poème à lui seul !
5 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
This is indeed a wonderful photo of the grass. How delicate is this? I just love this picture. The insets are great too, but this grass just takes the prize
5 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
A brilliant macro ...
5 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A lovely macro of the grass and beautiful bird photos, Janet.
5 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
la belle dentelle !!
5 years ago.
 Trudy Tuinstra
Trudy Tuinstra club
wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
What a lovely main picture Janet. Looks like filigree! I have to also mention the beautiful PiP's. I love the collage!
5 years ago.

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