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It's the FIRST of March and I've already shot a massive, fully-blossomed tree........... global warming WHO
Anyway, I visited a giant Bradford pear (less colloquially around here, the Callery pear) tree today that sits in the front lawn of the church my mother volunteers at, and I hung around for quite a while experimenting with various angles. This ended up being I think my favorite shot from the session (I do plan on sharing others on Insta), and I hope you like it too!

Bradford pears are a majorly invasive species, and looks aside, they're not very pleasant; they're known for, quite literally, smelling like rotting fish. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I suffered while photographing today. 😂 The rank ol' smell of these guys is a very good indicator that spring is on its way, being early bloomers, and interestingly enough, flies are the most regular pollinators for them because of them being drawn to the smell!

Here in NC, Bradford pears are often mistaken for our state tree, the dogwood; both being big, flowering white trees with somewhat similar blossoms, it's understandable, if you're not really into botany. Honestly? I wasn't 100% informed on how to tell the difference until like, TWO days ago lmao. I feel bad for dogwoods, because they're often criticized as the rotten fish-smelling tree, haha. Nah, it's these assholes.

© Photograph taken by Ozzkat /Brittany Marie
Taken using Canon EOS Rebel T6
Postprocessing done in Lightroom CC
my carrd - see all my photography platforms!
More nature photography .

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. YOU MAY NOT USE THIS IMAGE IN ANY WAY OR FORM WITHOUT MY GIVEN CONSENT. REMEMBER: ARTISTS RESPECT OTHER ARTISTS!

Description
It's the FIRST of March and I've already shot a massive, fully-blossomed tree........... global warming WHO
Anyway, I visited a giant Bradford pear (less colloquially around here, the Callery pear) tree today that sits in the front lawn of the church my mother volunteers at, and I hung around for quite a while experimenting with various angles. This ended up being I think my favorite shot from the session (I do plan on sharing others on Insta), and I hope you like it too!

Bradford pears are a majorly invasive species, and looks aside, they're not very pleasant; they're known for, quite literally, smelling like rotting fish. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I suffered while photographing today. 😂 The rank ol' smell of these guys is a very good indicator that spring is on its way, being early bloomers, and interestingly enough, flies are the most regular pollinators for them because of them being drawn to the smell!

Here in NC, Bradford pears are often mistaken for our state tree, the dogwood; both being big, flowering white trees with somewhat similar blossoms, it's understandable, if you're not really into botany. Honestly? I wasn't 100% informed on how to tell the difference until like, TWO days ago lmao. I feel bad for dogwoods, because they're often criticized as the rotten fish-smelling tree, haha. Nah, it's these assholes.

© Photograph taken by Ozzkat /Brittany Marie
Taken using Canon EOS Rebel T6
Postprocessing done in Lightroom CC
my carrd - see all my photography platforms!
More nature photography .

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. YOU MAY NOT USE THIS IMAGE IN ANY WAY OR FORM WITHOUT MY GIVEN CONSENT. REMEMBER: ARTISTS RESPECT OTHER ARTISTS!