I was out at 6:30 this morning and as the sun rose above the trees it fell upon the tiny plants and forest floor in a magical way. Here are a few photos...

Forget-me-not









Lily-of-the-Valley




sunspots - camera right on the ground for these










Rose Twisted-stalk




looking up





wet oak leaves






the pond

[bluestringer]

These are really nice. Especially like the first one.

[eaglem]

Looks like a great time to shoot, you still have dew on the leaves.

[patrick9]

Magical is a good description for all of them.
It 's the wet oak leaves and sunspots tie for me.

[Bruce Clark]

Another excellent series. I really do like the treatment you give to your photos. The last shot with the water lily pads is magnificent.

[qblade]

Wonderful.

[greenfox]

Great colors, nice bokeh!
Morning is my favorite time because of its wonderful light.

[ozwald]

You can't beat the fresh, vibrant colours of new growth. You certainly live in a beautiful part of the world to have all this on your doorstep! Of the suite, the oak leaves are outstanding for me.

[regbaron]

Amazing beautiful,stunning colour ,love the Monet at the end.

[tessfully]

These are really nice. Especially like the first one.

Thanks bluestringer. That was my first shot of the day.

Looks like a great time to shoot, you still have dew on the leaves.

Thanks eaglem! (if I refer to you as eagle at any time it is because my auto spell checker changes your name)

Magical is a good description for all of them.
It 's the wet oak leaves and sunspots tie for me.

Thank you patrick!!! That second leaf is huge. There has been a lot of rain this spring and everything is very green and very big.

Another excellent series. I really do like the treatment you give to your photos. The last shot with the water lily pads is magnificent.

Thanks Bruce, that was my last photo of the day... the mosquitoes and black flies came out and swarmed me. I wish I had taken a couple more at different f/stops but they chased me home.

Wonderful.

Thank you

Great colors, nice bokeh!
Morning is my favorite time because of its wonderful light.

Thanks Greenfox! Due to bug season I try to get out before 6:00 a.m. The only benefit to having a bug season.

You can't beat the fresh, vibrant colours of new growth. You certainly live in a beautiful part of the world to have all this on your doorstep! Of the suite, the oak leaves are outstanding for me.

thanks ozwald! I loved those too, but wondered if the OOF was too much. I was hoping to have another go at them, but the conditions were completely different this morning.

Amazing beautiful,stunning colour ,love the Monet at the end.

Thank you so much regbaron......

[daacon]

Beautiful Light Tess and nice captures 06:30 ? By that time Jim is processing shots ha!

[Jimbo]

Jiust one word on the last shot. WOW... now back wards WOW! Love it. JIM

[Jean Poitiers]

A very, very nice series and the last shot is great ... J

[Kerrowdown]

Tess... what's with all these early starts, you need to come round to ma hoose for couple a decent drams and I can then guarantee you a goods nights sleep 'till a sensible hour. Bring himself Norm with you and he can get a lay in too, without you crashing about in the middle of the night.

You've captured beautiful colours in the first couple of shots.

[basquist02]

Beautiful series Tess, 6:30 in the morning is some dedication to your craft.........Bas