Figure 1 – Cattails, loosestrife, and Queen Anne’s lace. July 25, 2020, Great Meadows national Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2020.

In Figure 1, I have tried to capture the essence of a hot and humid mid July day. It was taken at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, MA. Quintessential to summer in New England are the cattails, loosestrife and Queen Anne’s lace. I love the way that all the plant forms are vertical as they reach up to the sun and sky. The vertical lines, I believe, great a dynamic sense in the photograph as if all things are rushing upwards.

Canon T2i with EF 70-200 mm f/4.0L USM lens at 126 mm, ISO 800, Aperture Priority AE mode at 1/400th sec at f/7.1 with no exposure compensation.