Water photoshoot- Zoe Wright



For my photos this week I went to a forest near my apartment and took some pictures of the streams and plants. I went out on Saturday, the first of February, around one in the afternoon. It was raining out and it was wet from the morning frost, so I found a lot of hydrated plants, dripping with rainwater. One of my favorite pictures I got was a picture of a mossy rock in the middle of a small stream. The bright colors of the moss are so beautiful, and the water just feels so calming. The second picture I took was of some branches that were arched over just by a little river. I love this picture because it has that green color from the leaves but you can clearly see the arch of the branches, and the rushing water in the background adds so much to it. Getting to this river was definitely a chore because it was in a trench-like thing just downhill from the path, and the mud from the rain made it hard not to slip. However, I also had a lot of fun exploring and trying to find the best shots near water. The river going through the park was in a U shaped vessel, which reminded me of the Kruckeberg reading, and of how the Puget sound is also mainly in U shaped vessels. I also took a photo of a blackberry branch that had water dripping from the thorns and leaves. In addition to this, I took two more unrelated pictures of a beautiful wet tree stump, and some mushrooms growing on a moss covered tree. While I was taking these pictures, I found myself wondering how these rivers, streams, and plants were affected by human activity. As Kruckeberg discussed in their paper regarding the Inland sea, human activity often changes the Puget Sound, its animals and plants. I noticed that a lot of the water in this park was controlled mainly by storm drains and other water drains. This is similar to how the Puget Sound is fed by both waters from the sea and land, including rain water, creeks, rivers, and human discharges. The water that I photographed seemed to be mostly coming from rain and water drains, as it was mostly man made. 




 

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