By Vladimir Brezina
In the early spring, crocuses are just details in the bare landscape—
and yet, on closer inspection, each flower reveals among its petals a host of insects, each a detailed world of its own—
(more photos are here)
This was in early March 2012, a year in which spring came very early. Let’s hope that, in spite of some groundhogs’ predictions, it comes soon this year too…
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed Photo Challenge, Details, and also a second contribution to The Daily Post’s Photo Challenge, Scale. The first contribution was here.
Vladimir Brezina (RIP) 
Johna Till Johnson
Wind Against Current 
Gorgeous photos. Have you seen the cartoon with the photo of the wolf, and he says the groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter so he ate him? Even though I’m an animal lover, I did laugh myself silly. :-)
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Haven’t seen it. Do you have a link to it? :-)
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Amazing! Wonderful photos. Crocus is the very first sign of spring in my area. I love them. :)
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They have not yet appeared this year, but soon! :-)
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I love the flowers…. The colors radiate in to my morning :-)
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Excellent! Thank you :-)
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How beautiful! I’m ready for spring too. There was snow last week and yesterday morning, the de-icer that I sprayed on my car windshield froze! I had to de-ice my de-icer! :-) But today the weather is milder and spring flowers are beginning to emerge.
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De-icing the de-icer! Precious. And what a reminder of how fierce winter can be. Just think: In a few more days we’ll be just one month away from Spring. Two-thirds of the way through winter (and more than ready for it to be done!)
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Lovely pics…
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Thanks, Raj!!
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gorgeous!- spring can’t come soon enough :)
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We totally agree with that sentiment! :-)
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I loved seeing the detail. The insects were not what I expected to see but provided an incredible richness to your photos.
Nancy
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The insects were all over—it’s surprising how fast they can emerge as soon as there is a warmish day :-)
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Hey Vladimir, didn’t know you were a flower guy! Nicely done!
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I take pictures of everything that catches my eye :-)
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Early sounds really good. Unlikely, but wonderful.
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It does seem unlikely given the temperatures this week, and the snow, but things can change really fast :-)
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you had me wondering for a minute how all that snow could have vanished and given way to flowers so quickly. I see the fly in the first photo, what a great job you did zooming on it!
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This was in 2012. We are waiting impatiently for Spring this year :-)
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I love the hidden world of macrophotography. I love that their are worlds withing other worlds for us to discover. Beautiful images..:)
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Thanks, Jane!!
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*there and *within I should check my comments before I press send! :)
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Beautiful photos
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Thanks so much, Rob!
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stunning photos! :)
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Thanks! :-)
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Yeah! No crocuses up here, just 6 feet of snow. I was in your neck of the woods last weekend, and gazing out at the pretty Bronx River from a metro north train. Do you ever Kayak there?
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We’ve posted about our trip through the tidal reaches of the Bronx River here. As described in that post, the Bronx River Alliance runs trips through the upper, non-tidal, much more bucolic reaches of the river. We haven’t done that trip, because you need a beaten-up plastic kayak or canoe to do it. There are numerous rocks in the shallow river, dams, portages…
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Yikes! I’ve canoed in the Charles River, and the traffic sounds are ever-present, but no recycling centers right on the river. You’d think the wetlands laws would help the city decide to move the recycling center away from a waterway.
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I am not sure we have any wetlands laws in NYC ;-)
The recycling centers, garbage transfer stations, etc., have to be on the water, unfortunately, as what they produce is loaded into barges for removal. There would be an outcry if they were moved inland, where the product would have to be removed by trucks, and where people actually live…
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Some wetlands laws are federal. Where I live, we have very restrictive state wetlands protections. And gorgeous waterways. :-)
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Well, apart from Jamaica Bay (which is federal) and some on Staten Island, we don’t have too many wetlands in NYC. Too much development. But people are proposing to bring them back as protection from storms like Hurricane Sandy.
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Wetlands is anything bordering on water, rivers, lakes, swampy areas, etc. You have plenty of wetlands, they are just paved over.
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Quite so… and it’s very unlikely any of them will be unpaved.
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At least the rest of the state isn’t all paved. :-)
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