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Wildflowers Appearing Daily
Read More: Wildflowers Appearing DailyI’ve noticed wildflowers blooming in and around Zion National Park now and hopefully will find more in the near future.
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The Many Faces Of The Purple Coneflower
Read More: The Many Faces Of The Purple ConeflowerThese grow on my property and are one of may favorite flowers as they’re so photogenic and are also used to produce a popular herbal tea.
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Carpobrotus edulis
Read More: Carpobrotus edulisThat is the Latin name for the oceanside vegetation called Ice Plant. Ice Plant is an invasive succulent that was imported from South Africa to California during the early 1900s for coastal erosion management. The plant grows in a thick and dense mat-like way. Its thick succulent stems grow horizontally and curve upwards. Flowers…
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Zion Canyon Night Sky
Read More: Zion Canyon Night SkyNot only is the Milky Way apparent in the sky, but so are the Sacred Datura Flowers that bloom through the night. Shot on different nights in Zion Canyon at Zion National Park, Utah
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The Many Faces Of The Coneflower
Read More: The Many Faces Of The ConeflowerThe Coneflower can take on many shapes and looks. It’s the ultimate shape shifter!
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Fiddlenecks?
Read More: Fiddlenecks?I never heard of fiddlenecks until I tried to find out what kind of flower I was photographing because there were about a billion of them. In the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains along Highway 58 are acres and acres of them blossoming.
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The Plight Of California’s Almonds
Read More: The Plight Of California’s AlmondsAs you all know, California is in a midst of an acute drought. This affects all Californians and its prized almond industry. Also coming into play is the honey bee which have been dwindling in numbers not only in California, but the whole country. Almond growers need the honey bees to pollinate their flowers. According…
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Desert Southwest, Flowers, Images, Macro Photography, National Parks, Out In The Field, Photography, Photos, Utah
Photo Of The Week- Macro Sunflower
Read More: Photo Of The Week- Macro SunflowerHave you really looked at a sunflower closeup? Looks like stars or starfish around a scoop of beluga caviar. I used an extension tube, not my 105mm macro lens. The extension tubes are cheap and allow you to get in really close. They attach between your normal lens and the camera body. Kenko extension tubes…
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Photo Of The Week- The Notorious Sacred Datura Flower
Read More: Photo Of The Week- The Notorious Sacred Datura FlowerThis desert flower blooms at night and has an evil reputation because of its psychedelic powers. DO NO CONSUME THIS. Per desertusa.com- “The bristly fruit and stale-smelling leaves of the Sacred Datura speak to a more sinister side of the plant, to a dark and fearsome netherworld of poison and potential emotional collapse, physical sickness…