I am a great admirer of Freeman Patterson’s photographs.  After perusing an older edition of Photography and the Art of Seeing recently, I went out into my golden world and had some fun.

Frost on sedges flattened by snow.

A similar all-over swirly pattern with willow twigs and leaves.

These dead willow sticks made strong caligraphy

And the dwarf birch glowed like fire.

The the sun poked above the trees and thawed the frost into dew.  I had marvelous fun putting my camera to maximum zoom, standing among the birch and willows, and panning slowly around, letting it focus on whatever it liked.  Sometimes I held the shoot button half way down and continued to pan.  I got the most amazing abstracts.