Decision Point

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature’s ecosystems. – Arthur Erickson

This particular rock wall point was symbolic to me. We often need to make course corrections in life that have long term repercussions — large or small we make choices every day.

Kinda scary isn’t it?

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In the shade of Yellow Jasmine

Yellow Jasmine is a highly ornamental climbing or trailing plant native to the southern part of the North America, from the eastern part of Virginia to Florida and Texas, south to Mexico and Guatemala. Alternate names include Carolina Jasmine, Carolina wild woodbine, or evening trumpet-flower.

It’s climbing ability, with a full smooth leafy covering of leaves and woody vine, and delightful perfume exhaled by its yellow trumpet shaped flowers has made it a natural choice for providing shade over manmade structures such as Pergolas, Arbors or Trellises.

It’s also claimed as a homeopathic remedy, Gelsemium (Yellow Jasmine), and indicated for headaches, nervous disorders, infectious diseases, paralysis, spasmodic conditions, apprehension, stage fright, flu symptoms, fever and migraine headaches.

Last fall, as we tried to regain some enjoyment and use of our then desolate backyard through landscaping, we added a Pergola. This spring we planted two Yellow Jasmine vines beside the Pergola posts to let them begin their up and over journey.

The above photo is Yellow Jasmine but isn’t our Pergola — this image is from a nearby park. Ours hasn’t grown to this wonderful level of natural shade, although it has grown 10-12 feet in just a few months.

I’m looking forward to days of sitting in our yard under it’s cooling shade smelling the wonderfully sweet Jasmine blooms perhaps while taking a few photos of the vine patterns or attracted insects — always a photographer.

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Pier Boardwalk - Murrell's Inlet, SC

“”Black and White Photography” does more to evoke an emotion and freeze a moment in time than any other medium. Looking back over the decades at such famous photographers as, Steigletz, Weston, Adams, and others has helped elevate Black and White Photography, to a Fine Art form. The subtle tones of grays, the strong emphasis of the Blacks, and the softness of the Whites makes one look much closer at the subject and composition due to the lack of natural color. Emotions are always much easier to portray with Black and White, because of the stark contrasts and the sharp focus on the subject.” – Bob Snell

While this is technically a boardwalk, a more accurately description is the wooden floor of a pier, at night, under the illumination of a single handrail mounted light. I liked this image in color (yellows and blues) but decided the patterns and textures became more prominent in B&W, which first attracted me. Post-processing was handled in NIK Silver Efex and Adobe Photoshop, with a nudge here and there in Lightroom.

Another Canon S90 image. This one at 6mm, ISO640, f/2.8 with a 1 second handheld exposure time. I almost didn’t take this shot, thinking it was too dark for the little S90, or my shaking hands, to do justice to the details — I stand corrected.

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