While I wait for my replacement electric scooter, I am without transportation for my photoprowels when the girls have both cars, so yesterday I decided to explore the semi-abandoned gravel pit more or less next door. A rising water table is fast turning the pit into a wetland. There are two sizable ponds in the bottom and even on the upper levels, cattail marshes are forming in every wet spot. It is an interesting process to watch… Nature reclaiming and transforming a disturbed area right before my eyes.

The plant above is Wild Bergamot, or bee plant, which I have always assumed was an non-native invasive. A quick look at the wiki for the plant shows that it is indeed native. I love the way the clear morning light has pulled out all the details and subtle color is the the blossoms. This is a long telephoto macro, 1240mm equivalent field of view at 5 feet, and that contributes to the effective bokah. f5.8 @ 1/640th @ ISO 100. Canon SX40HS in Program with -1/3EV exposure compensation.

Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.