Botany photo of the day, take 2

Mar 05 ’07

Filed in plants

Once again it seems I owe my thanks to Daniel Mosquin from the UBC Botanical Garden for choosing my photo of Acer japonicum, the japanese maple, for yesterday's photo of the day. That's two in two months; we'll see if I can make a third. If you read his comments I think that he's completely right — there is something very appealing about the Japanese maples in the winter time, because of their architectural shapes. I took this photo shortly after a big rain, and the way the sunlight was catching the drops was so appealing that I couldn't resist. I think that it makes the tree look somehow much more ancient than it really is.

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   On March 13th Charlotte said:

   Salut Brent,
   Tu fais des super photos.
   Bises à toi et a Sally depuis le grand soleil de Lausanne!
   Charlotte

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