Ephemeral Green

One of my favorite times of the year is when new leaves emerge in spring. They barely hide the empty spaces but the harsh light of winter is filtered into a bright and warm green glow. This magical light is here just for a short time until the canopy of leaves closes and provides cool shade from the summer heat.

Last year a friend took us on a sweet mountain bike ride on Sumas Mt in this magical time and I really wanted to go back and get a shot of a mountain biker riding through this 'sea of green'. But I had some doubts about the patience of my usual model, so I packed my trusty Pearstone Shutterboss timer to take the shots of myself riding on the trail. It took some experimenting to get the timing right, but in the end there was success. Correct timing of the shutter release was one task, the other was exposure time. I envisioned a blurry mountain biker in focused glowing green. Here are some of the images. In hindsight I think a longer exposure time may have been better to get more of a blur - or should I just have pedalled faster?