Crabapples in winter…

Crabapples, Kennebunk Bridle Path, Kennebunk Maine

I found these Crabapples still hanging in a tree along the Kennebunk Bridle Path down by the lower reaches of the Mousam River, a half mile in from the sea. They, and the red berries of Winterberry (Bog Holly) and the few remaining Beach Rose hips, inspired yesterday’s Day Poem.

Down by the Mousam River in its last 
mile run to the sea, on a cold, snowless,
December day (snow in the forecast 
after mid-night), ice in the drainage, ice 
smooth on the marsh pools, the world
done in browns and grays…mostly
texture in the slanting winter light…
the red of winterberries (bog holly), 
beach plums, withered crab apples, 
startles the eye, arrests the attention, 
forms the color axis around which the 
winter landscape and the dull sky turns.

In this image, I like the apples, of course…the delicate shadings of the red…but it would not be the image it is without the background…the bokeh. I played with angles until I got the effect I wanted. I have a slightly closer view, but I like the context the bare branches give this image. 

Sony RX10iii at 407mm equivalent field of view. Program Mode. 1/60th @ ISO 125 @ f8 (program shift). Processed in Polarr on my Android tablet. 

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