These images are some of the results of a class called “Photo Impressionism in Nature”.
Is this a picture of water? Trees? The clouds in the sky?
Here bubbles interrupt the reflection.
Spillway at Lake Marmo: An issue in photography is the presentation of motion. Moving
water is usually photographed using a long exposure. The long exposure causes the
water to appear silky.
A dreamy looking forest
My understanding is the Spruce Plot contains Sitka Spruce trees, the only Sitka Spruces growing outside of Alaska. This forest is a bit unnatural looking since the trees were planted in rows and are all about the same age.
Spruce Forest. Several times, prior to this class I attempted to photograph the
Spruce forest on the east side of the arboretum. I always got trees instead – I
could not photograph the forest for the trees. This image, on the other hand, captures
the feeling of the forest.
Spruce trees