My favorite month of the year. Finally the snow is melting and soon trees are budding and spring flowers will bloom. Nature comes to life again.
Category: Forest
Awaiting
Ice covers the pond like wrapping paper for the frozen water plants just beneath the surface Sunbeam melts the ice inch by inch unwrapping again the pond gives life to the frozen waterlily
Hope in a droplet
Winter seems never ending the days are short no sunlight and nights too long Walking in the forest dark and heavy clouds a little droplet catch my eyes The beauty of the droplet a little jewel on the sprouse gives me hope of brighter days to come
Winter mood II
Winter recolors the forest from green and yellow to all shades of black and white Cold rocks on the forest ground grey and edgy softly reshaped by layers of white snow Tree logs dark and grey naked and cold carrying a few golden leaves that didn't fall Black running water in the little creek dark and mysterious framed in softly by the snow
Moody winter
Here in Norway and Scandinavia the winter month of January can be though. It can be very cold and the days are quite short. So when the sky is grey and cloudy the surroundings look like a black and white landscape. Now that February has arrived the days are starting to get a little bit longer. Now the sun rise at 0815 and set at 1645.
Doing macro photography can be difficult this time of the year, as it is dependent of a sufficient amount of light. Photographing leaves is fun as they comes in so many shapes. During winter they turn grey or black, but some times you can find some that have some colors left. Like this rowan (in the photo below), it still has some deep brown color. The landscape behind is all in shades of grey and the brown leaf stand a little bit out due to the frosty edges. Winter may be colorless but it is beautiful in many ways.
Frozen droplet
Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
– Winnie the Pooh –
Cones
Aspen cones tiny and complex cold and frosty still carrying seeds of new life when spring arrive
Winter beauty
Frozen rose hip black an cold a beauty gone by a story untold
Winter fungus
In Norway the mushroom season mainly last from July to October. But there are mushrooms to be found during winter too. Now, in January you can find edible mushrooms in the forest. Flammulina velutipes, winter fungus, grows on dead trees and looks quite beautiful growing together with green moss. Some trees are fully covered with this mushroom. It is fantastic to see that a dead tree can give new life to edible mushrooms year after year.
Christmas day
Forest walk on Christmas day moss covered with snow frosted leaves and frozen droplets clear blue sky and frost bitten cheeks perfect Christmas mood Merry Christmas!
Anne Floa 