Figure1 – The swamp emerging, Audubon Society’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, S. Natick, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2018.

We move very quickly now into the fleeting time of chartreuse, where all the greens are fresh. It is very subtle at the moment, but not for long. Figure 1 epitomizes the emerald insistence. It shows an awakening patch of swamp at the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary. The swamp itself seem dormant, of course it is not, but little patches of swamp-grass shout out vividly.  It is as if they were painted in glorious chartreuse on an otherwise dark canvas.

“The world is exploding in emerald, sage, and lusty chartreuse – neon green with so much yellow in it. It is an explosive green that, if one could watch it moment by moment throughout the day, would grow in every dimension.”
― Amy Seidl, Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World

Canon T2i with lens at 160 mm, ISO 1600, Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/2000 th sec at f/7.1 with -1 exposure compensation.