Notes from the Woods

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Simplicity

Written by Mark

Born and raised in Detroit, c. 323 ppm CO2, Mark Graf is a Michigan photographer, naturalist, and diver whose muse is summoned by exploring the endless connections in nature; land, sea, and sky.

Saturday, October 7, 2006

maple leaf on golden pond

Since much of Clinton River park is in a floodplain, there are no shortages of small ponds to explore..

Cottonwood

And sometimes it isn’t necessarily color that catches my eye, but isolated shapes and details..

graf nature photo divider

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6 Comments

  1. Diane - Daily Walks

    I’m only going to be repeating the comments above but can’t help myself. These are really beautiful. The quietness of Fall but with brilliant color, saturated colors.

  2. Dan Creighton

    Mark, Nice contrast of colors and shapes. Very nice fall image.

  3. Paul

    Excellent Mark! Sometimes I forget to do the macro stuff in the fall. Can see the trees for the forest, so to speak! 🙂

  4. Michael Brown

    These are excellent Mark, and certainly reminds me of how much I need to get out in our local swamps and do some serious shooting!

  5. Ron Niebrugge

    That is a beauty Mark!

  6. Thomas

    Clean and simple, nice! I really enjoy the colors, you especially managed to get nicely fitting pairs of fore- and background colors… And I like the hint of structure present in the backgrounds.