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Shadow Shot Sunday – Park Shadows

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Photographer blind shadows at Oxley Nature Center

Boardwalk Shadows also at Oxley Nature Center.

A tree with premature balding Manion Park in Tulsa. You can see the photographer’s selfie at the bottom. He had premature balding starting about 55 years ago! He tells everyone that he doesn’t waste his hormones growing hair.

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Shadow Shot Sunday – Autumn Shadows in Tulsa

A sheep grazes peacefully at the Gardens at Philbrook oblivious to their long shadow.

A sunny/shady place to rest on my bike ride on Tulsa’s RiverParks Trails. The view includes autumn color, the Arkansas River and Turkey Mountain on the other side of the river.

Complex shadows at Tulsa’s Tandy YMCA

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Komorebi Sights – A Japanese Word comes to Oklahoma

Through somebody at TikTok I learned a new Japanese word that I love, Komorebi. It refers to light filtering through trees and casting a shadow on the ground. It induces a sense of wonder in those observing it. Google the word, there is a lot to it. So a light went off in my head on this because I’ve always loved sunlight through leaves and I love dappled shadows.

Above is what I mean by dappled shadows.

Dappled Shadows on my backyard fence.

Light filtering through leaves at a local park.

Backing off a little bit from the same tree and you get the filtered light and the dappled shadows.

I love this word, it names a feeling that I have had for a long time. When I go hiking I’ve shot a lot of photos at the end of the day especially of the sun peaking through the leaves or branches. Dappled shadows that I come upon often leaves me amazed. Especially when the wind is blowing and I’m watching shadows moved.

Since I have learned the word, I am seeing Komorebi everywhere I look almost.

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Kayak Launch Shadows on the Arkansas River

I went for a bike ride the other day along the Arkansas River as it flows through Tulsa. I noticed that the kayak rental vendor has shut down for the season but the city owned kayak launch was open so I checked it out.

Last year in late October I rented a kayak for a couple of hours and really enjoyed my time. We have lived in Tulsa for almost thirty four years and I can’t tell you how many times I have been on the trails but the kayak outing was the first time I saw the banks from the river and it was great. I was hoping to do it again this fall but I guess I am going to have to wait.

But hey, it makes for decent shadows.

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