As I mentioned in yesterdays post, I was really appreciating the greenery that I was seeing on Sunday's walk after the preceding rather miserable week. I continued to notice the colour, almost as if my senses were being overcome, and then I realized that, in a sense, the colour was also overcoming the scenes and buildings that we ambled by
When we first began to walk across the bridge, I looked back toward the old mill and saw much green along the waterway. The old mill was seemingly being overcome by green, or at least its sight lines were.
Note: these photos are all iPhone shots, and I have run some filters. There has been some intentional soft-focusing, which I know that some may find difficult.
At the other end of the bridge, the old machine shop building also appeared to be overcome.
We then walked around to the front of that ↑ building, and I saw that the smaller building beside it was also being rather overcome. It was at this point that I was really picking up the theme.
Even though the next three photos are not my favourite photos of the day, I show them as part of the progression of the theme.
Continuing along that little path, I next came to this doorway, which I think was being quite overcome.
Finally, along the same passage between the two buildings, we came to one more doorway. I think this may possibly be my favourite photo of my little Overcome shoot that evolved on this walk.
Near the end of the loop, we came back to the old mill, I took a photo from a different perspective with lots of surrounding green.
In summary, I'd have to say that both I and the buildings were rather overcome by spring green. I quite like the first two photos and the final two, but I present them all as part of the day's progression and exploration.
I also love ❤️ the greenery. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteYou captured the green glow beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThe Orton Effect is rather beautiful with these photos. It has been a while since I used that effect. Thank you for reminding me.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your tour, very beautiful.
These are some lovely, magical photos. Isn't that the best shade of green?
ReplyDeleteYour overcome collection is quite becoming.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely photos, and proof that nature will quietly reclaim what we leave behind. I have often joked that if it was left empty, in 5 years or less our house would be completely covered over in vines!
ReplyDeleteExcellently overcome with green. Spring gives us that baby green, which can be a bit much!
ReplyDeleteThis is the definition of verdant.
ReplyDeleteIt probably helps that the buildings are rather in dull, muted colors (buildings are rarely painted in bright colors, except sometimes with smaller ones like individual houses), and are in the background of the greenery so that their shapes don't easily spring to the eye. The green is much more vivid. I did think that the old mill in the last photo is not so much overcome as the buildings in the other pictures, since it's less obscured and its overall shape is more clearly seen.
ReplyDeleteThat gorgeous kelly green disappears all too quickly in the spring, doesn't it! Loved the photos.
ReplyDeleteThe great green wave of Spring.
ReplyDeleteThe greenest of greens, how lush. I quite like that photo too, that you mentioned was your favorite.
ReplyDeleteThe first two are my favorites and #1 wins out. They are mood photos and I love the softness and greenery.
ReplyDeleteThe green is so beautiful and this spring seems to have popped up overnight.
ReplyDeleteI love all the green and that bright blue sky. I don't see a lot of green here in the desert.
ReplyDeleteYour reflections beautifully capture how nature can subtly reclaim and transform familiar spaces. I can see the mist/fog effect work really well here
ReplyDeleteGood exploration. Now I want to see inside the buildings.
ReplyDeleteNothing better than Spring green!
ReplyDeleteI have always loved the term 'overwhelmed'. A family joke is to be 'underwhelmed' about something. But the spring greens deserve the strongest term manageable, for my taste. The usual force of the word is negative - I am overwhelmed by all this work --- but it can be used in positive ways as well.
ReplyDeleteThis last two weeks have been amazing with the leaves popping, and your photos have captured the feeling well, especially the first one for my taste.
The softened focus and filtered tones evoke a dreamlike sense of reflection—both visual and emotional. It’s a poetic reminder that even decay can be transformed by life’s persistent renewal.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, and I love the soft focus.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, romantic photographs - a delight!
ReplyDeleteI particularly liked the fuzziness in those first two photos.
ReplyDeleteThe old mill and the new growth is poignant.
ReplyDeleteYou sure captured those lovely 'soft' greens.
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