For way too long, I'd pass by this species telling myself that 'it's not poison ivy'. Sometimes I define by negation. I guess it's a method to manage the unknown. :-)
It's Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia.
Here's a Photoshop experiment using a few filters. I've received positive feedback on my dreamy attempts and I do like that effect but something about bright, almost garish, color seems to attract me. For tomorrow's post, I will attempt a middle ground treatment--that is, closer to reality but in a contrastingly isolated fashion.
You are too funny... "definition by negation"... one of my favorite methods of ID- now it finally has a name! Of course then there's always the "what the h*ll is that thing?" method that works for me, too!
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Haha! :-)
ReplyDeleteBefore everything leafed out, I'd rationalize off those bare twigs and branches, saying that once the leaves came that I'd be all right. Ya, right... Now I feel like a cork in a whirlpool!
Just the grasses are such a challenge. I'd love to take a week off sometime just to tackle them...