Surprise

My exhibition at the Arboretum’s Visitors Center is now, finally, less than a year away, so I’m starting to think a bit more seriously about what to include. As part of that effort, I culled about 7,000 shots down to 65 (and I’ll end up showing 20-25). There were some trees that were poorly represented so I went on a very intentional shooting expedition.

There were a few trees that I wanted to get images of and I planned the walk with those in mind. It was actually fun, even though it was so different from my usual amble, which is more like slow down, wander, follow my eyes, see what I see and shoot what I find.

There’s a lovely Paperbark Maple near the Centre Street Gate and the Sycamores/London Plane trees and I circled that, camera to eye toward the end of my trek. I was moving faster than usual and it’s interesting to note what I missed. Whatever this gracefully green critter is, I didn’t see it clearly until I was processing the images in the studio. I did see a blur of green when I shot and thought that would be interesting. Little did I know that I’d find a collaborator!