Project Athena - Day 337 (Bark)

I Might Be Barking up the Wrong Tree

I am down to my last three themes and while I know for sure what I want to shoot for the last two weeks, this week has me stumped, no pun intended. Tree bark is fascinating to me because of the variety of textures but I find myself throwing up my hands when it comes to the crazy weather these days. Plus, I am just not feeling this theme will keep my interest for an entire week. So, we'll see how it goes....I might change mid stream.

Weathered Tree Bark

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 18mm • F/22 • 1/20s • ISO 400

Project Athena - 308 (Curves)

Nice Curves!

I love this tree! It's looks like two lovers intertwined. They have become one gorgeous tree, the fabric of their existence woven into the other.

The squirrel was very curious about me laying on a rock to shoot this and decided she really wanted to be in the picture.

Lovers Intertwined

Fujifilm X-E2 • Fuji XF18-135mm lens • 18mm • F/22 • 1/25s • ISO 800

Project Athena - Day 68 (Trees)

The Giving Trees

“Once there was a giving tree who loved a little boy.
And everyday the boy would come to play
Swinging from the branches, sleeping in the shade
Laughing all the summer’s hours away.
And so they love,
Oh, the tree was happy.
Oh, the tree was glad.”
— The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein

Chapungu Sculpture Park in Loveland is little sanctuary in the city is one of my favorite places to walk, sit, meditate, and take pictures.

I was very surprised to find the leaves on the trees already beginning to turn color. Fall is just around the corner. Smiling.

Chapungu Sculpture Garden, Loveland, CO

Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 24mm • F/4.5 • 1/20s • ISO 200

Project Athena - Day 62 (Landscape)

Landscape of My Soul

Beautiful landscapes are found everywhere. This one has called me to shoot it several times and for a brief, shining moment tonight, the light was just perfect.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”
— Steve Jobs

Cemetery, Loveland, CO

Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 32mm • F/22 • 1/6s • ISO 100