I took a walk this afternoon in Kathryn Albertson Park. KA has spectacular fall colors, and gorgeous summer flowers. I wasn’t sure what I would find to photograph so early in the spring before all the big, impressive blooms appear – but my walk turned into an interesting exploration of textures.
Take a look at this fuzzy thing … it’s sort-of like a poufy ball of cotton candy:
And then there were these dry, papery grasses:
And I saw lots of these red twigs- can’t wait to see these bushes in bloom:
See all the soggy, slimy grasses and branches in the water next to this crane?
When this park is in bloom, it is gorgeous. I would venture to say that it is one of the most-photographed areas of Boise. Every time I am there – even this afternoon- there are other people taking pictures. It is so easy to find photograph worthy subjects later in the year, but it pushes your creativity a bit when you visit a place like this in the off season – everything is dull, and dry and dead. You have to look closer and pay attention to texture and pattern to get interesting images. It was a good way to remind me to slow down and pay attention to the details.
