Storyboard - Ross Hills Park, West Lafayette, IN - April 3, 2011

Ah yes, I remember this day well. It was so windy as Laura and Eric and I made our way into the woods that we believed repeatedly that a tree might be blown over in the forest and crush us.

These tiny wildflowers proliferate the underbrush in early April. They look a lot bigger here, but they're really about as wide as a pencil eraser.

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This delicate creature appears to be the Wood Anemone... Maybe?. They vary from white to this pale sort of violet color.

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I like this image in particular because of the way they seem to reach up, craning their scrawny necks to find their way above the foliage.

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Here's the first glimpse of the six-spotted tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata.

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With these mega-fierce mandibles, they show down on insects and spiders. So no need to hide your small children.

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Eric and Laura had fun at the small artificial waterfall at the back of the park.

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Pretty sure this is photographer pose #1. Not that photographers tend to pose much.

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The tricky thing about photographing spider webs is depth of field. Focus too deep and you lose everything. Focus too high and lose any sense of depth. All in all, a tough prospect.

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Some rude person disturbed an any colony in a dead tree and send the inhabitants scrambling to gather the unhatched eggs.

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I actually bothered to set this one up. The image of the two flowers on the leaf seemed apropos somehow.

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This one struck me as particularly grim. Underexposed intentionally for emphasis. Clearly the day is about done and humans who don't wish to be eaten by bears should move along.

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