The backyard is great fuel for the imagination, but it is also calming.It is not difficult to find a peacefulness here.
I like to see the wind rippling across the water, and the reflection of light laid down like a path. One of the sounds I miss from growing up is the wind through a bamboo grove. It is a different quality from wind through any other trees, I think. The sound is very soft and peaceful, and either it dulls other sounds around it, or things that make sounds tend not to be near bamboo groves.
Every now and then, I hear a memory of it with the wind through the oak and maple leaves.
And it is pretty thrilling to see a snakebird revelling in it, as this one was… wearing its tuxedo.
- Aperture: ƒ/8
- Camera: Canon PowerShot SX510 HS
- Focal length: 24.886mm
- ISO: 200
- Shutter speed: 1/200s