Science matters. Every year my photos record the changes in climate. The birds are mating too soon, buds emerge then freeze, and the daffies are fading just when they should be popping out. Thought black and white worked to mirror my dismay, even though these truly are a bright spot in the day.
It's been shirt sleeve weather for the past week now. It's supposed to be snowing. Thanks for documenting the changes. I wish our politicians would notice. Or care.
A very apt photo Daryl, like you say, your images are a record of things happening. All over the place we keep having events, the hottest, driest, wettest, coldest, windiest, deepest snow, biggest fluctuations in daily extremes temperatures ever recorded. You could say some of this is down to there being more people looking, and technology being better able to keep accurate records. But out in the real world, watching the birds and bugs, breeding out of season, failing to breed time and time again at the right time because of adverse conditions. Plants and trees flowering and fruiting far too early, or continuing far too late into the season to have time to rest for the next year.
Some species do better than others, spreading north, south, east or west to places they where never seen before as conditions prove just right for them. Other struggle to hang on, or totally vanish as they lose the small niche habitat they rely upon.
As we are outside watching nature, taking photographs we become more aware of the changes that are slowly, or not so slowly taking place.
Hopefully it won't just be our photographs that our children and grand monsters have to look at when they want to see real wild life.
Hotdog.
yes the seasons are in disarray
The contrast in this photo is very effective.
I was just thinking about you dinner tonight so I'm glad to see you posting a picture! ❤
Some species do better than others, spreading north, south, east or west to places they where never seen before as conditions prove just right for them. Other struggle to hang on, or totally vanish as they lose the small niche habitat they rely upon.
As we are outside watching nature, taking photographs we become more aware of the changes that are slowly, or not so slowly taking place.
Hopefully it won't just be our photographs that our children and grand monsters have to look at when they want to see real wild life.
Hotdog.