Photo essay: a junco and a bear among the giant sequioas
We just spent a couple of too-short, yet rejuvenating days in Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks just east of Fresno, where I managed to capture some decent images. I'll upload a full album to my gallery when I get a chance one of these days, but here are some vignettes from the Giant Forest - I hope you like them!
In the spirit of the lazy summer afternoon, this wee little dark-eyed junco was preening itself in a giant's shade (that red streak in the background, a young Sequoia trunk) when it paused to regard me with this sidelong glance,
before hopping off the trunk,
and resuming its hunt for a tea-time snack in the undergrowth.
A little while later, a not-so-wee black bear rummaged through the same forest, it too a dwarf among the giants!
Meanwhile, in the nearby meadow
bees buzzed drunkenly amid lupines
and an Indian paintbrush leaned against a trunk as if resting from the labors of coloring the giants' red wood.
Aahhh... 'twas a pity we had to turn our backs on them all and head back to the urban jungle!
Its back to the grind now... until next time, hopefully soon!
5 comments:
Beautiful photos bro', and your prose ain't bad either... especially for a non-native speaker. Is a coffee table book in the offing? "The Tree Where Junco was born?"
very beauteous - dave i c u r back in sd? - jim clifford
Thanks, Dave, I suppose!
You know, I come from a former English colony too, just like you; I guess the difference is that some of us actually hung on to a whole bunch of other languages, and simply added English on top!
i told your wife (and i hope you too!) long ago that you were then (and obviously still are) a master of the written word, madhu. i didn't realize you were so good with a camera, however! i haven't been up to king's canyon since i was a child - it was one place where my dad took the whole family to camp and trout fish. i loved the photos and reflections (visual and verbal)... thanks for sharing.
Beautiful prose bro', and your pictures aren't bad either...especially for non-tripod shots.
And it should be "prose isn't bad..." Mr. native English speaker!
V.
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