Posts Tagged ‘wildflowers’
Some Summertime Scenes
Summer just goes too fast … doesn’t it? Here in the mountains it goes especially fast, with snow possible so early, and winter lasting so long. What’s making it even shorter this year for photography are the all too frequent smoky skies, from fires in states west of Colorado. At times, and as I write […]
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Tags: Colorado, landscape, photography, reflections, summer, wildflowers
Wildflower Extravaganza!
The last few summers I have been working to improve my wildflower landscapes. My goal is to have the flowers in a scene for a sense of place, instead of isolating them for a portrait. Creating these kind of landscapes to my satisfaction is one of the more challenging goals I have assigned myself. Finding […]
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Tags: columbine, landscape, lupine, photography, San Juan Mountains, summer, wildflowers
Wildflowers … Grand & Intimate
I’ve enjoyed shooting flowers since the beginning of my photo journey. Living Back East, there were a lot of gardens nearby and I was a member of the renowned Longwood Gardens … an estate outside of Philadelphia, once owned by the DuPonts. I spent many hours photographing on the grounds as well as inside the […]
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Tags: Colorado, columbine, Fireweed, King's Crown, landscape photography, Paintbrush, Queen's Crown, wildflowers
High & Wild!
One of my photo goals this summer was to expand my portfolio to include more wildflower landscapes. I have better experience with flowers close-up, using a 100mm macro lens. It was time to focus more intently on wildflowers in the beautiful Colorado landscape. I’ve written a little about this subject before, explaining how challenging I […]
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Tags: Colorado, photography, prints, San Juan Mountains, scenic, summer, wildflowers
The alpine wildflower meadows here in the San Juans of Colorado make a beautiful photo subject. One would think it would be easy … right? Well that’s what I thought … until I got started. For the most-part my objective was to capture the flowers and scenery together since this union is what I find […]
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Tags: Colorado, columbine, landscape, meadows, mountains, Paintbrush, photography, San Juan Mountains, scenic, tips, wildflowers
Fences & Flowers
Wildflower season is upon us and here is my first post of the summer focusing on this lovely subject. These scenes include fences … often catching my attention they are an attractive and common visual element in the scenery here. Coupled with the wildflowers that offer that ‘something extra’, I felt it was a good […]
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Tags: Colorado, fences, landscape, mountains, nature, photography, San Juan Mountains, scenic, wildflowers
Flower Power
Flowers are a popular photography subject and understandably so. I know I can’t resist the temptation to shoot them no matter how common. For the most part I like to use a shallow depth of field to create a more abstract composition rather than an image that’s purpose is to record the structure of the […]
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Tags: clematis, columbine, flowers, iris, lupine, macro, photography, pitcher plant, poppy, sabatia, twig rush, violet, wildflowers, yellow trillium
Colorado – Parting Shots
Here are the last of the Colorado photos I will be posting. They were taken at different times during my great vacation in Colorado this July. Scroll down through the next five posts to see all of the images I have chosen to display and read about some of the photographic highlights. (To get back […]
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