I always look forward to seeing this tall, yellow border growing around the perimeter of all the wooded areas on my rural Missouri land … the Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus). This wildflower becomes a prominent feature of my rural landscape every summer. So refreshing to look out and see the “sea of yellow”. Here are a few images I captured last evening:
And this next one appears to be trying to hide from my camera lens:
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 5D Mark 3 body
- Canon 180 mm, f/3.5 macro lens
- Bogen 3221 tripod with Studioball ballhead
- ISO 200
- Aperture f/4 (top 3 images) and f/8 (bottom image)
- Shutter 1/4 sec. to 1/8 sec.