Springtime! Wonderful! Maybe Not

Lots and lots of pollen in the still waters of this lake (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1, Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens @ 110mm; 1/1600th sec. @ f/4; ISO 200

We photographers always like the spring of the year as everything in nature awakes, is full of pastel colors and gets our creative juices flowing.  It is all good!  Or is it? 

The downside is the pollen from the trees, flowers, grasses and other flora that permeates the area, covers everything and makes many of us miserable, miserable, miserable.  Coughing, sneezing, watery eyes, runny noses and the like are common this time of year.

I was out photographing the other day and saw this pollen floating in the still water of a local lake where these two aluminum canoes were tied up.  And...most of the pollen in my area has already subsided. Just to give you an idea of how much is in the air that we don't even realize.

I hope pollen doesn't affect you to the point where you don't want to go out and make images.


Thanks for looking.  Enjoy!

Dennis Mook

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