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Crabapples, Kennebunk Bridle Path, Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

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. <\/p>\n

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

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