Forest Wildflowers
I hope to get back to Flagstaff at least one more day so I hope the flowers are still there!
Posts tagged ‘flagstaff’
Aug 26
Aug 22
Shroom, Shroom!
Besides the abundance of Wildflowers, we have never seen so many mushrooms!
All shapes and sizes pushing their way to the surface. It’s kind of spooky 🙂
Aug 21
Cutleaf Coneflower
I’m fairly sure this is Rudbeckia laciniata. They were 4-6 feet tall and all along a little creek making for a spectacular scene! This a DroidX image using its Panorama cropping. Not bad! It’s out of focus, though, so I hope to have another stab at it.
Aug 20
Schultz Pass Road
Calling all Wildflower lovers!!! Because of heavy snows, this is a banner year for Wildflowers in Flagstaff so it is well worth the drive. I recommend going up Schultz Pass Road to the Sunset Trailhead. Once there, look for the Shultz Tank trail (or something like that). It’s about a mile hike or so but you’ll see flowers all along the trail. The Tank should be your goal, though, as I have never seen so many varieties of flowers! This Hummingbird literally flew into my shot 🙂
Aug 16
Western Blue Flag
We’re heading back up to Flagstaff soon to catch the late summer wildflowers. Can’t wait! In the meantime, here’s another flower from my last trip. Wild Iris were such a treat to find because we thought they were finished blooming. Other names for this Iris are Rocky Mountain Iris and Western Iris.
Aug 6
Fendlers Sandwort
Fendler’s Sandwort is so tiny that my photographer companion Dave and I thought the pink you see were spots on the petals. It wasn’t until I moved in very close that I discovered the pink was actually pollen. Cool! It was captured with a Canon 70-200 (non IS) with 25mm extension tube at 72mm. (Handheld of course 🙂 ) ISO 200, 1/100the sec at f/7.1. I continue to be very impressed with this lens!
Jul 16
Open Wide!
As beautiful as wildflowers may be, their backgrounds are typically very distracting. Using a very large aperture can make backgrounds into big blobs of color such as with this tiny Fleabane. It can even make hot spots somewhat pleasing. So next time you capture a flower, open wide! (Canon 70-200 (f/4 non IS) Left image at f/13. Right at f/4)
