Early Morning Dewdrops
During my recent Prairie State Park photo trip, I was greeted in the early morning hours with glistening dewdrops on the prairie grasses. In this first image, I was able to capture the dewdrop with a glistening starburst, always an interesting opportunity: In this second image, not only did I capture a starburst, but […]
A Dayflower At It’s Best
While camping in Prairie State Park in early October, I found this lovely little wildflower, growing behind a large shade tree: This is a Dayflower (Commelina communis), a member of the Spiderwort family, and grows in Missouri’s low woods, bottomlands, and near dwellings. It grows from one to two feet tall, and can bloom […]
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Buckeye
During my photo trip to Prairie State Park (southwest Missouri) last month, I saw a ton of Buckeye Butterflies (Junonia coenia) throughout the prairie. Most of the time, they were perched on the wildflowers and collecting nectar. Here are a few images I made of the Buckeyes: The Buckeye butterflies are one of the […]
A Beauty on the Prairie
Images from today’s post comes from Prairie State Park in southwestern Missouri. I photographed there for 2+ days in early October and had a great time chasing prairie creatures and wildflowers … ok, maybe I didn’t have to chase the flowers … around the beautiful fall-blooming wildflowers. You might remember an earlier post where I […]
The Prairie’s Got the Blues
Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) can often be seen growing across Missouri prairies. My first experience with this wildflower was in 2010 when I discovered some clumps of this beauty, growing on a local prairie near my house. On my recent trip to Prairie State Park, I was surprised to see this “gentle giant” growing rampantly […]
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Prairie State Park Sunrise, Day 2
Not to be outdone by Day #1, morning #2 at Prairie State Park gave just as interesting sunrise photo opportunities (if you missed Day #1 sunrise and sunset, you can click on this link). For the second day in a row, I got out of my sleeping bag very early … too early by many […]
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