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A pale yellow Daffodil opening up, surrounded by last year’s Mexican fleabane and against a blurred green and blue background.

First Daffodil in the garden.
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This image shows a close-up of a young plant shoot with green and reddish leaves edged in delicate frost crystals. The ice sparkles along the leaf margins, contrasting with the soft, dark background and highlighting the fragility of early growth in cold conditions.

Young leaves, cold and frosty.
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A thistle in b&w close-up.

The thistle unfolding

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The leaves of autumn photographed on the floor of the forest.

There is gold in the forest. You need not look too far. 🍂

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This image shows a close-up, abstract view of a green leaf illuminated from behind. The light reveals a mosaic of veins and cell-like structures, creating a glowing pattern of bright greens fading into deep shadows, emphasizing the leaf’s internal structure and organic geometry.

Leaf structures.
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This image features a close-up of a dried flower bud standing alone on a slender stem. Soft, directional light highlights its textured, weathered surface against a dark, blurred background, creating a quiet, reflective mood suggestive of late autumn or dormancy.

An off-season one.
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Rose Flower in Monochrome

Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star...
e.e cummings

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This image shows a close-up of delicate, dried seed pods clustered along thin stems. Their pale, papery surfaces and cup-like shapes stand out softly against a dark background, emphasizing texture, fragility, and an autumnal, quiet mood.

Exhausted.
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Along the old enchanted forest trail the soft winter light highlights the trail. The tree lined walk guides one along with anticipation of what’s ahead.

The Winter light is great for accenting the trails beauty. Wishing you a calm route forward this day! 📷🕊️ …

This image is a close-up of a green leaf dotted with clear water droplets. One larger droplet sits prominently near the center, reflecting light and surrounding shapes, while smaller droplets scatter across the leaf’s surface against a dark, softly blurred background.

After the rains.
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Sunrise over Lake Placid, New York, with colorful clouds above a distant mountain.

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Sunrise over Lake Placid, NY. Certainly one of the most #Vibrant ones I've been blessed to experience.

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This is a picture of a stunning sunset over the ocean. The sky is painted in vibrant orange and gold hues that contrast beautifully with the dark blue, choppy waters below. he horizon line creates a stark division between the fiery sky and the deep marine waters, making for a striking compositional contrast. The clouds in the sky have a layered appearance, adding depth to the atmospheric scene.

A vivid sunset on the coast. An experiment in colors.
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This image shows two rose buds at different stages of development against a soft, blurred gray background. The upper bud is more mature and beginning to open, revealing delicate pink petals emerging from tight green sepals that still partially enclose the bloom. The lower bud remains tightly closed, its green sepals firmly wrapped around the developing flower within. Both buds sit atop slender stems with visible fine hairs, and small thorns or leaf buds can be seen along the stems. The composition captures the quiet beauty of roses in their early stages, before full bloom, with subtle lighting that emphasizes their tender, nascent form.

Late blooming siblings in the rose garden.
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This picture shows one of the displays at the Albany Regional Historical Museum, 15 years ago. It is a part of the whole 360 panorama.

This picture shows the full sphere of a 360 panorama of the Albany Regional Historical Museum, taken 15 years ago. It is distorted because that's the only way to show a full sphere in a single flat picture.

This is a local historical museum -- a picture of one of the exhibits, and one showing the whole space. You can see the interactive 360 panorama at link.wholereality.net/IJ9Tkc
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This image shows a single heart-shaped leaf photographed from above against a blurred, dark background. The leaf displays striking multicolored variegation with deep green as the base color, overlaid with purple, burgundy, and darker patches creating a mottled pattern. The prominent veining radiates from the stem in a rich burgundy-purple color, creating a beautiful contrast against the green areas. The leaf's edges are rimmed with a distinctive pink-purple border.

Snapshot of a leaf. Always different structures.
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This image captures a serene waterway known as the Columbia River Gorge, framed by steep, forested slopes on both sides. The water displays beautiful gradations from greenish-gold tones in the foreground to deeper blue hues as it extends toward the distance. Densely wooded shorelines with evergreen and some deciduous trees line both banks, with the right slope showing touches of autumn color. Layered mountain ridges recede into the misty background, creating a sense of depth and atmospheric perspective. The overcast sky features soft white and gray clouds with hints of blue breaking through, casting diffused light across the peaceful landscape. The scene conveys the quiet majesty of Pacific Northwest. This is part of 360 panorama that was an entry into the latest World Wide Panorama project for the last quarter of 2025. You can see it here: https://worldwidepanorama.org/wwp1225/JimCole-10602.html

Looking down the Columbia River Gorge from the Mitchell Point Tunnel entrance. Part of my World Wide Panorama entry for last quarter of 2025.

Next year's goal is to make a photoportal for each of the WWP themes.
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Mitchell Point Tunnel | World Wide Panorama Title: Mitchell Point Tunnel, Photographer: Jim Cole, Date: November 19, 2025 - 9:00 UTC (1:00 pm local time), Location: Just outside Hood River, Oregon, USA | A contribution to the WorldWidePanorama

Following up on my post about the new WWP theme being published, here's my entry. A 360 panorama at the entrance to the Mitchell Point Tunnel. worldwidepanorama.org/wwp1225/JimC...
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The World Wide Panorama

The World Wide Panorama hosts quarterly collections of 360 panoramas with a common theme. The most recent collection just went live here: worldwidepanorama.org
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The theme is "Best of 2025".
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This image shows an artistic, highly stylized photograph of foliage with dramatic color manipulation. The leaves appear in surreal shades of turquoise, teal, cyan, and white, contrasted with delicate purple and pink linear elements that could be bare branches or twigs creating an intricate overlay pattern. The effect creates a dreamlike, almost psychedelic composition where natural forms are transformed through color filtering or infrared photography techniques. The leaves have distinctive lobed shapes, possibly from oak trees, and the overall aesthetic blends the organic structure of nature with an ethereal, otherworldly color palette that produces a mesmerizing, abstract quality.

An abstracted picture of leaves -- hints of red and green echo the season. I've pondered whether this would make nice wrapping paper...
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A drop of water hanging off the tip of an evergreen branch. Very close up, showing all the details.

Anatomy of a drop.
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Snowdrop advent calendar day 22

Galanthus 'Trymlet'
A seedling of the prolific ipoc (inverse poculiform) or pterugiform 'Trym' that revolutionised snowdrop breeding
Its outer marks are cresent shaped. It won me the Essex award at an AGS show

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In morning fog, a solitary cypress rises from still water, its imperfect reflection stretching toward the viewer. In middle distance, additional cypresses stand in waiting, like backup singers.

Haven't had time to string the lights yet...

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This is a macro photograph of bright orange lichen growing on a purple-tinted branch, shot against a black background. The lichen shows distinct cup structures.

A favorite from earlier in the year.
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